I like to think of myself as being fashion-conscious without being a slave to fashion.

Being rich and famous isn't all happiness and at times the pressures have got to me.

Early on, in discussions of financial oversight, people would say, 'Well, this is a very complicated problem, therefore it requires a complicated solution.' And at that step, I would say, 'Well, wait a minute. Just because it's a complicated problem doesn't mean the best course of action immediately is one that's complicated.'

I did a few independent films, but there is no money in them.

Grasping the realities of the Middle East is never easy. This is not primarily because they change quickly, but because so much time, effort, and money is spent to prevent reality from breaking through.

My aim is to make the poor look rich and the rich look poor.