“What I love most about New York is that I can walk in the street and nobody is looking at me as if I'm different. In my country and in Italy, you have to choose sides. I was a famous journalist and I was also an immigrant and ultimately I never stopped feeling like I was a guest.” IfsI CanDifferentCountryFeelingsSidesWalksStreetsNew YorkJournalistImmigrantsGuests Author:Rula Jebreal
“You can come from China, Russia, any place, and you can be a New Yorker. You can say what you want to say here, really express yourself.” WantChinaWhat You WantRussiaExpress YourselfNew Yorkers Author:Rula Jebreal
“There's something that scares me. It's the way media in the United States presents the rest of the world. I feel like people in America are getting a completely different picture of what's going on in other countries than what is reality.” PeopleWorldWayFeelsDifferentCountryStatesRealityAmericaUnitedUnited StatesMediaScareOther Countries Author:Rula Jebreal
“There's a deformity in the information that the public in the United Statesis receiving. It's contained in kind of a bubble and one day this bubble will explode.” KindUnitedInformationOne DayBubblesReceivingDeformity Author:Rula Jebreal
“I hope there's a window that opens in American television where the rest of the world is viewed in a less censored light. There is something about the world outside the United States that is not understood here - that seems threatening to Americans.” WorldStatesLightSeemsUnitedUnited StatesTelevisionUnderstoodWindowThreateningCensoredAmerican Television Author:Rula Jebreal
“Of course, when you work with actors and when you work on a script everything that you know about the human experience can't possibly go in.” KnowsHumansCoursesActorsScriptsHuman Experience Author:Deniz Gamze Erguven
“With a screenwriter and with the actors there is always an environment of trust. You can say anything, all your secrets, and you know that it won't get out of that room.” KnowsActorsRoomsSecretEnvironmentSay AnythingScreenwriters Author:Deniz Gamze Erguven
“If you are not a New Yorker, when you arrive there for the first time you have the impression you grew up there because you've seen it in so many films. It's been filmed from every single angle and by so many different filmmakers that you know the streets, the sidewalks, the architecture, the cabs, the temper of the people.” PeopleIfsKnowsFirstsDifferentFilmStreetsGrewGrew UpFirst TimeArchitectureImpressionFilmmakerTemperAngleNew YorkersSidewalkCab Author:Deniz Gamze Erguven
“Men, not only in Turkish society but everywhere, have been the bosses in terms of creation. If you look at art history, women were the objects. The fact that it's not been made by women means that the subjects are not women.” IfsMenLooksMeanHas BeensArtMadeFactsTermSubjectsCreationObjectsBossTurkishArt History Author:Deniz Gamze Erguven