There are lots of wonderful old Italian actors. You don't need to take an Egyptian to play an Italian actor.

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

People don't have to be beautiful any more. We don't have any Audrey Hepburns, Rita Hayworths or Ava Gardeners. When you look at Al Pacino and the greatest actors in Hollywood they're all common-looking.

He read his mind. He's a strange sort of man, isn't he? It's not just the advice and the wisdom that he has.

I don't think any actor feels comfortable watching themselves in movies. You must be very narcissistic. The problem with your own opinion of yourself is that contrary to the normal spectators, when you watch a film you are in, you only watch yourself.

I've always been extremely lucky in my life.

This character in the film, these things that he says which sound like advice and wise things, they are very common for Orientals. It's all the tradition.