“There's enough of a willingness in the West to do sympathetic movies a...” — Alexander Siddig Quote

“There's enough of a willingness in the West to do sympathetic movies about Arab roles.”

“When one nation is at war with another nation, the political machine does everything it can to vilify the people of the other nation, so it makes it easier to kill them. Which is understandable and it's happened this way throughout history.”

“The future of Arab films is absolutely up to Arabs and no one else. They've got the equipment, they've got the will, they've got the talent, now they just need a little bit of history behind them and a bit of cultural relaxation.”

“I do believe - I very strongly believe that the Arab nations would be willing to put together an Arab NATO-like structure.”

“Two children of same cruel parent look at one another and see in each other the image of the cruel parent or the image of their past oppressor. This is very much the case between Jew and Arab: It's a conflict between two victims.”

“All I wanted with that film was to represent the possibility that there might be normal people who are Muslim or Arab with the same fears, responsibilities, hopes.”