Kindness and freedom are not "has been" values in films and in life in general. And that we can still be young and free even if we are 70.

Make films. And don't listen to anybody, except those who tell you "yes" and who are ready to help you.

I'm a Lebanese woman who directs films. That's not it at all. I am not really a woman nor am I really an Arab. Because I am not an apologist for women, nor of sentimental "world" films.

I like women who are so real that they become as cowardly as certain men, as heroic as others and as sexual and dominating as men can be. And as you can imagine everything I do is [misunderstood].

Sometimes I think I won't ever feel safe until I can count my last days on one hand.

Failure is your best asset, complacency is your worst liability, and talent is your greatest capital.

I like movies where you can come back and re-watch them and admire the cinematography 25 years later.

I think the challenge for an actor is always to see which parts of you you can explore and go have fun with.

I still look at myself and want to improve.

Jeez banana! Shut your freaking gob!

I try to do something the audience might not have seen before.

I've always said that people are desperate to find meaning in their lives.

Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.

When a company goes bankrupt, you as a company have absolutely no say whatsoever as to what happens.