I had no idea that it was gonna take off the way it did. I thought we made a good movie.

More than a billion adults worldwide are now overweight - and at least 300 million of them are clinically obese. Childhood obesity is already epidemic in some areas and on the rise in others. Worldwide, an estimated 17.6 million children under five are said to be overweight.

I believe in storytelling, not story-selling. I want people to believe the characters are real. So I'm a realist.

I think most Muslims are incredibly upset with the state of America's foreign policy today and the state of the world.

I'm making entertainment, but I'm making art. This is my art. Hopefully, it's profitable, hopefully it makes money, but at the end of the day I want it to be remembered for its artistic value as well as its entertainment value.

I think that's one of the biggest goals I had in making a movie, was listening to what other people had to say.

I had no idea that it was gonna take off the way it did. I thought we made a good movie.