They chose me for Lawrence of Arabia because I spoke English, had black hair, black eyes and a moustache. It was all luck.

They didn't accept me theory - not a theory, but just a thought I had about this character. I noticed that this man only exists when the boy comes into the grocery.

This is one of the factors that also made me very much want to make this film, apart from the fact that I loved it. If the boy hadn't been Jewish and the man hadn't been Muslim, it wouldn't have made any difference to the film. I don't think it's relevant, really.

I've always been extremely lucky in my life.

To learn bad dialogue is so difficult and so boring, and to work with a stupid director who tells you to do the wrong thing, etcetera, it's just unbearable.

My philosophy is that when I go out of my room, I'm prepared to love everybody I meet, unless they're bad.

I had too many big passions in life and it gets in the way of work. You can't concentrate properly on the one thing.