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

The reason it has relevance is because I, as a popular Arab personality - the Arab people like me and respect me - thought it was time for me to make an ever so tiny statement about what I thought about this whole thing.

I love to be with my son and my grandchildren, like normal people. I have no particular idea of what I represent to other people. It's very mysterious to me. I don't understand it.

I've always been extremely lucky in my life.

I'm very wary about giving advice. I think it's very dangerous to give advice to people, except if you know them very well.

I see only defects because I'm not following the scene as it were. I'm not following the other person. It's like the best thing to clarify this is the theater.

Working gets in the way of living.