I made the film to bring the story of Islam, the story of 700 million of people, to the West.
“People who get on at school are the ones who play by the rules, and no one's going to get far in later life playing by the system.”
“When you have to play a character that seems to be a relatively decent person and seems to be like yourself, I think the trick in that kind of character, so that you don't become a cliche, is to find where their weaknesses are.”