Identity

“Somos un país pequeño en un gran acontecimiento deportivo.”

“Everything I did in films, I truly lived.”

“It was the first time I discovered this is Canada.”

“I wanted to be known as a person first, and not just an entertainer.”

“Islam Yes, Partai Islam No.”

““Part of a large subconscious corpus of personal myth, like an island above the sea, but joined underwater to other islands.””

“This is Egypt, and I am one of its people.”

“Dân tộc nào để một nền văn hóa ngoại bang ngự trị thì không thể có độc lập thực sự. Văn hóa là tâm hồn của một dân tộc.”

“We cannot do without Urdu.”

“It’s not a waste of time—to find out what you’re not cut out to be.”

“It’s to the detriment of the country when you do not have your own culture represented in the media.”

“You cannot be really first rate at your work if your work is all you are.”

“Every human has the right to choose how they want to live, what they want to wear, how they prefer to be addressed.”

“Since I started doing cinema I have been making one movie; I haven’t changed.”

“The most important thing is that I'm writing in Irish Gaelic.”

“Universalism, for me is born from specificity, not the contrary.”

“Artists have to invent and reinvent themselves, and their working methods all the time.”

“The nation cannot be pulled up by its roots, cannot be dissociated from its past, without danger to its highest interests.”

“Dukla is the club of my heart.”

“Davis Cup was everything to me as it provided the opportunity to represent Canada, while competing at the highest level and getting international recognition.”