"I was one of two first cultural exchange artists been allowed to go to the West. I knew it was such a rare opportunity and I had to treasure it by giving my utter most to achieve excellence."

“Radio wasn't outside our lives. It coincided with and helped to shape our childhood and adolescence. As we slogged toward maturity, it also grew up and turned into television, leaving behind, like dead skin, transistorized talk-radio and nonstop music. . . .”

Source : Vincent Canby, Janet Maslin (1999). “The New York Times Guide to the Best 1000 Movies Ever Made”, Three Rivers Press

“Allah will help him who moves in the way of Allah.”

“I mean, I always feel incredibly lucky to get a job.”

Source : "Kelly Lynch, Still Waiting For Her Hitchcock". Interview with Lyall Bush, www.moviemaker.com. July 3, 1997.

“There is a film called 'A Separation.' If you see it playing, go see it. It's beautiful. It's so well written and the acting is amazing. It's one of those films that you would love to be a part of.”

Source : "Demian Bichir Talks A BETTER LIFE, Chris Weitz, Auditioning for TWILIGHT: NEW MOON, and More at SBIFF". Interview, collider.com. February 5, 2012.

“Turn off your mind, and focus on what you've got to do - task at hand.”

“I do have a lot of references coming out of the '60s, '70s, and '80s, but I don't consciously think, "I'm going to put this here and this there." It comes out of my unconscious, and I don't want it to be just retro.”

“All human knowledge thus begins with intuitions, proceeds thence to concepts, and ends with ideas.”

“Denzel has been that leading man, but it took him a while to get to Training Day and Hurricane Carter.”