कोई कुछ भी कहे, आप जो कर रहे हैं उसे करते रहें। अपने ही संदेह को मात दें।

Keep doing what you're doing no matter what anyone says. Defy your own doubt.

Keep doing what you're doing no matter what anyone says. Defy your own doubt.

Topic Self & Identity Confidence
Tone: Defiant Sentiment: Positive Type: Advice 96%

जहाँ तक पहचान की बात है, यह एक ऐसा मुद्दा था जिसने मेरी ज़िंदगी के एक बड़े हिस्से को परेशान किया। यह एक ऐसी चीज़ थी जिसके बारे में मैं गहराई से जानना चाहता था। फ़िल्में वाकई आपको किसी और दुनिया में ले जा सकती हैं, और कभी-कभी अपनी पहचान, किसी और की पहचान या कुल मिलाकर पहचान के मुद्दे को समझने के लिए यह बहुत ज़रूरी होता है। यह आपको बहा ले जाती है। इसकी कोई सीमा नहीं है। यह असीम है। यह सार्वभौमिक है।

When it comes to identity, that was an issue that plagued me for a lot of my life. It's something that I wanted to tap into. Film can really take you to other places, and sometimes that's necessary to understand your own identity or someone else's identity or just the issue of identity, in general. It takes you. It's borderless. It's boundless. It's universal.

When it comes to identity, that was an issue that plagued me for a lot of my life. It's something that I wanted to tap into. Film can really take you to other places, and sometimes that's necessary to understand your own identity or someone else's identity or just the issue of identity, in general. It takes you. It's borderless. It's boundless. It's universal.

Topic Self & Identity Identity
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 95%

मैंने एक दिलचस्प बात यह सीखी है कि "ना" का मतलब हमेशा सचमुच "ना" नहीं होता, इसका सीधा सा मतलब होता है "अभी नहीं"।

An interesting thing that I've learned is that "no" doesn't always really mean "no," it just simply means "not now."

An interesting thing that I've learned is that "no" doesn't always really mean "no," it just simply means "not now."

Topic Adversity & Resilience Patience
Tone: Wise Sentiment: Positive Type: Wisdom 92%

मैं वास्तव में अपने खुद के अनुभव से प्रेरित था, और खास तौर पर अपने पहचान के संकट (identity crisis) से, लेकिन इससे भी बढ़कर मैं रिवर्स इमिग्रेशन (अपने देश लौटने) के रुझान को भी तलाशना चाहता था, जहाँ कोई अप्रवासी किसी दूसरे देश या अपने दूसरे घर में 20 साल बिताने के बाद वापस अपने वतन लौटता है और खुद को अपनी मूल संस्कृति के साथ तालमेल बिठाने में असमर्थ पाता है। मैं ऐसे लोगों की कहानियों को टटोलना चाहता था जो अलग-अलग जगहों पर अपनी ज़िंदगी बसा रहे हैं। मुझे लगता है कि जैसे-जैसे यात्रा करना आसान हो रहा है और लोग काम के सिलसिले में ज़्यादा यात्रा कर रहे हैं, हम इस चीज़ को और ज़्यादा महसूस कर रहे हैं। अब लोग कहीं से भी काम कर सकते हैं।

I was really inspired by my own experience, and specifically my own identity crisis but larger than that, I also wanted to explore the trend of reverse immigration, of the immigrant returning home after being in a host country or an adopted home for 20 years, and finding themselves at various levels of discord with the home culture. I wanted to explore people building lives across multiple geographies. I think that's, something that we're experiencing more and more as travel becomes easier, as people are traveling more for work. People can work from anywhere.

I was really inspired by my own experience, and specifically my own identity crisis but larger than that, I also wanted to explore the trend of reverse immigration, of the immigrant returning home after being in a host country or an adopted home for 20 years, and finding themselves at various levels of discord with the home culture. I wanted to explore people building lives across multiple geographies. I think that's, something that we're experiencing more and more as travel becomes easier, as people are traveling more for work. People can work from anywhere.

Topic Society & World Society
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Reflection 95%

मैंने इस आना-जाना और अरब-अमेरिकी होने के इस दोहरेपन के बीच खुद को पाया, और मैंने जो एक बात महसूस की, वह यह थी कि मैं असल में कहीं भी फिट नहीं बैठती थी। इसलिए अमेरिका में मुझे अरब समझा जाता था - क्योंकि मैं ओहायो के एक छोटे से शहर में बड़ी हुई थी - और मध्य पूर्व में मुझे अमेरिकी माना जाता था।

I discovered myself in the back-and-forth and in the hyphenated Arab-American way, and one of the things that I discovered was that I really didn't fit in anywhere. So in the US, I was considered an Arab - because I grew up in small-town Ohio - and in the Middle East, I was considered the American.

I discovered myself in the back-and-forth and in the hyphenated Arab-American way, and one of the things that I discovered was that I really didn't fit in anywhere. So in the US, I was considered an Arab - because I grew up in small-town Ohio - and in the Middle East, I was considered the American.

Topic Self & Identity Identity
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Mixed Type: Reflection 98%

जब आप अभिनय करने के लिए उतरते हैं, तो आप कैमरे के सबसे बड़े लेंस की तरह पूरी तरह से अपने किरदार के दृष्टिकोण में डूब जाते हैं और बाकी सबको भूल जाते हैं। आपको इस बात से कोई फर्क नहीं पड़ता कि बाकी लोग कौन हैं, वे क्या चाहते हैं या क्या करने की कोशिश कर रहे हैं। आप बस अपनी परिस्थितियों से जुड़े होते हैं, और यह सोचते हैं कि आप किसी व्यक्ति या किसी दृश्य से क्या हासिल करना चाहते हैं।

When you step in to act, you just zoom way in on the longest possible lens and you're just totally in the point of view of your character and you have to forget about everyone else. You don't care about what anybody else is, what they want or what they're trying to do. You're just concerned with your circumstances, what you're trying to get out of someone or some scene.

When you step in to act, you just zoom way in on the longest possible lens and you're just totally in the point of view of your character and you have to forget about everyone else. You don't care about what anybody else is, what they want or what they're trying to do. You're just concerned with your circumstances, what you're trying to get out of someone or some scene.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Advice 92%

इसी वजह से मुझे फिल्मों से प्यार हो गया। आप सिनेमा हॉल में बैठकर ऐसी जगहों पर पहुँच सकते हैं जहाँ आप कभी नहीं जा पाते, ऐसा इंसान बन सकते हैं जो आप अपनी ज़िंदगी में कभी नहीं बन पाते, कुछ महसूस कर सकते हैं, लोगों के प्रति सहानुभूति रख सकते हैं और चीज़ों को दूसरे के दृष्टिकोण से देख सकते हैं।

It's why I fell in love with movies. You can sit in a movie theater and be transported to a place that you never get to go and be a person who you never in your life would get to be and feel something and have empathy for people and see things from another point of view.

It's why I fell in love with movies. You can sit in a movie theater and be transported to a place that you never get to go and be a person who you never in your life would get to be and feel something and have empathy for people and see things from another point of view.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 95%

मैं जानती थी कि मैं किसी शहर में रहना चाहती हूँ, हालाँकि मैं कभी न्यू यॉर्क गई नहीं थी। लेकिन जब मैं छोटी थी तो अपने माता-पिता से न्यू यॉर्क जाने की जिद्द किया करती थी, इसलिए यह एक ऐसी बात थी जिसे मैं कम उम्र से ही जानती थी।

I knew that I wanted to live in a city, but had never really been to New York. But I was begging my parents as a kid to move to New York, so it was just something that I sort of knew from a young age.

I knew that I wanted to live in a city, but had never really been to New York. But I was begging my parents as a kid to move to New York, so it was just something that I sort of knew from a young age.

Topic Life & Existence Childhood
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 95%

मुझे जितनी दूर का याद है, मैं अभिनय की दुनिया से किसी न किसी तरह जुड़ना चाहती थी। बचपन में मैं टीवी की बहुत शौकीन थी और मुझे लगता है, चूँकि मैं एक छोटे से शहर में पली-बढ़ी जहाँ मैं खुद को रुकते हुए नहीं देख सकती थी और न ही अपने आस-पास के किसी भी इंसान की तरह खुद को ढालना चाहती थी, इसलिए मैं बस इतना जानती थी कि मैं एक अलग तरह की ज़िंदगी जीना चाहती हूँ, भले ही मुझे तब यह नहीं पता था कि इसका मतलब क्या है और यह कैसे होगा।

From as early as I can remember, I wanted to have something to do with the acting business. I was a TV junkie as a kid and I think, because I grew up in a small town where I couldn't imagine myself staying there and couldn't see myself being any of the people that I was surrounded by in this town, I just knew that I wanted a different kind of a life, but I didn't know what that meant and I didn't know how.

From as early as I can remember, I wanted to have something to do with the acting business. I was a TV junkie as a kid and I think, because I grew up in a small town where I couldn't imagine myself staying there and couldn't see myself being any of the people that I was surrounded by in this town, I just knew that I wanted a different kind of a life, but I didn't know what that meant and I didn't know how.

Topic Life & Existence Life
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 95%

मेरी अब तक की कुछ पसंदीदा फ़िल्में—वॉन्ग कार-वाई (Wong Kar-wai) वाकई कमाल के निर्देशक हैं। 'इन द मूड फॉर लव' (In the Mood for Love) शायद मेरी अब तक की सबसे पसंदीदा फ़िल्म है। उसके वे काव्यात्मक दृश्य (lyric montages) बेहद शानदार हैं।

Some of my favorite all-time movies - Wong Kar-wai is just amazing. In the Mood for Love is probably my favorite film ever. Those lyrical montages are so stunning.

Some of my favorite all-time movies - Wong Kar-wai is just amazing. In the Mood for Love is probably my favorite film ever. Those lyrical montages are so stunning.

Themes #Imagination
Tone: Passionate Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 98%

मैं स्वतंत्र कलात्मक सिनेमा (art-house cinema) से लेकर विदेशी फिल्मों तक सब कुछ देखती हूँ। मैं हॉलीवुड की ब्लॉकबस्टर फिल्में उतनी नहीं देखती, लेकिन कभी-कभार उत्सुकतावश देख लेती हूँ। मुझे यह देखना पसंद है कि दुनिया में क्या नया बन रहा है।

I watch everything from independent art-house cinema to foreign film. I don't watch as many Hollywood blockbusters but once in a while, I'm curious. I like to see what's out there.

I watch everything from independent art-house cinema to foreign film. I don't watch as many Hollywood blockbusters but once in a while, I'm curious. I like to see what's out there.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 95%

अमेरिकी सिनेमा की बात करें तो, जब मैं छोटी थी तो मैंने ई.टी. (E.T.) या द विज़ार्ड ऑफ़ ओज़ (The Wizard of Oz) जैसी जो फ़िल्में देखी थीं, उन्होंने मेरा यह नज़रिया ही बदल दिया कि फ़िल्म क्या हो सकती है और आप उससे क्या कर सकते हैं। जब मैं छोटी थी, तो मुझे याद है कि वे फ़िल्में अद्भुत थीं।

On the American side, some of the movies that I watched when I was a kid, like E.T. or The Wizard of Oz, those are films that changed my point of view of what film could be, of what you could do. Those are the ones that I remember were incredible when I was younger.

On the American side, some of the movies that I watched when I was a kid, like E.T. or The Wizard of Oz, those are films that changed my point of view of what film could be, of what you could do. Those are the ones that I remember were incredible when I was younger.

Tone: Nostalgic Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 95%

मैं बहुत सारी मिस्र की फ़िल्में देख कर बड़ी हुई हूँ। मेरे माता-पिता के पास हर उस मिस्र की फ़िल्म का एक विशाल VHS कलेक्शन था जिसकी आप कल्पना भी कर सकते हैं, और 40, 50 और 60 के दशक में मिस्र को मध्य पूर्व का हॉलीवुड माना जाता था। फ़िल्मों के बारे में मेरी पहली शिक्षा वही थी।

I grew up watching a lot of Egyptian movies. My parents had this huge VHS collection of every Egyptian movie you can possibly imagine, and Egypt was kind of the Hollywood of the Middle East back in the '40s, '50s, and '60s. That was my first education in film.

I grew up watching a lot of Egyptian movies. My parents had this huge VHS collection of every Egyptian movie you can possibly imagine, and Egypt was kind of the Hollywood of the Middle East back in the '40s, '50s, and '60s. That was my first education in film.

Tone: Nostalgic Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 95%

मैंने निश्चित रूप से खुद का किरदार नहीं निभाया। स्क्रिप्ट के लेखक के रूप में, मुझमें सभी किरदारों की कुछ न कुछ विशेषताएँ हैं। मैं सभी किरदारों से खुद को जुड़ा हुआ महसूस कर सकती हूँ।

I definitely did not play myself. As the writer of the script, I have traits of all the characters. I can relate to all of the characters.

I definitely did not play myself. As the writer of the script, I have traits of all the characters. I can relate to all of the characters.

Topic Creativity & Expression Writing
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Reflection 95%

मुझे लगता है कि निर्देशन और अभिनय दोनों एक साथ करने के लिए आपके पास एक बेहद खास तरह का व्यक्तित्व होना चाहिए, क्योंकि इसमें नजरिए (perspective) में बहुत बड़े बदलाव की जरूरत होती है। मेरा मतलब है, जब आप निर्देशन कर रहे होते हैं, तो आप दुनिया को एक वाइड-एंगल लेंस से देख रहे होते हैं, और आप सब कुछ देख रहे होते हैं। आप बिल्कुल जानते हैं कि उसके हर कोने में क्या हो रहा है। आप जानते हैं कि लोग क्या कहने वाले हैं। आप जानते हैं कि वे क्या करने वाले हैं। आप हर चीज़ को नियंत्रित कर रहे होते हैं।

I think that you have to have a really specific type of personality to be able to both direct and act, because it requires enormous shifts in perspective. I mean, when you're directing, you're looking at the world through a wide-angle lens, and you're seeing all of it. You know exactly what's happening in every corner of it. You know what people are going to say. You know what they're going to do. You're controlling everything.

I think that you have to have a really specific type of personality to be able to both direct and act, because it requires enormous shifts in perspective. I mean, when you're directing, you're looking at the world through a wide-angle lens, and you're seeing all of it. You know exactly what's happening in every corner of it. You know what people are going to say. You know what they're going to do. You're controlling everything.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Reflection 95%

मैं हमेशा रोज़मर्रा की जिंदगी की राजनीति (politics of the everyday) को तलाशने के तरीके ढूंढती रहती हूँ। मेरे लिए, कहावतें उस प्राचीन ज्ञान को शामिल करने का एक ज़रिया थीं जिसे अरब संस्कृति में अक्सर उद्धृत किया जाता है। वे कहावतें भाषा का एक बहुत बड़ा हिस्सा हैं और लोगों के रोज़मर्रा के जीवन का हिस्सा हैं। यह वह ज्ञान है जिसका उपयोग हम अपने दैनिक जीवन में करते हैं लेकिन हम हमेशा उस पर ध्यान नहीं देते।

I'm always looking for ways to explore the politics of the everyday. For me, the proverbs were a way of bringing in this ancient wisdom that in Arabic culture is often quoted. Those proverbs are such a huge part of the language and parts of people's every day. This is the wisdom that we use in our everyday life but we're not always listening to.

I'm always looking for ways to explore the politics of the everyday. For me, the proverbs were a way of bringing in this ancient wisdom that in Arabic culture is often quoted. Those proverbs are such a huge part of the language and parts of people's every day. This is the wisdom that we use in our everyday life but we're not always listening to.

Topic Society & World Society
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 95%

जब कोई अभिनेता शामिल होता है, तो अभिनेता निर्देशक से बात कर रहा होता है या निर्देशक अभिनेता से बात कर रहा होता है। लेकिन जब वे दोनों लोग आपस में बातचीत नहीं कर रहे होते, तो आपके दिमाग में सब कुछ एक ही व्यक्ति होता है, आपको इस बात को लेकर बेहद स्पष्ट होना पड़ता है कि आपको क्या चाहिए।

When there's an actor involved, the actor's talking to the director or the director's talking to the actor. But when there are not those two people interacting, it's all one person in your own mind, you have to be so extra-clear about what you need.

When there's an actor involved, the actor's talking to the director or the director's talking to the actor. But when there are not those two people interacting, it's all one person in your own mind, you have to be so extra-clear about what you need.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Reflection 92%

मुझे खुद को देखना पड़ता है और खुद को प्रतिक्रिया (feedback) देनी होती है। लोग यह मान लेते होंगे कि मैं तुरंत शूटिंग के लिए तैयार थी। लेकिन मैं कहती, "नहीं, नहीं, नहीं, नहीं, मुझे असल में पहले खुद से बात करने की ज़रूरत है।" क्योंकि मुझे अभी-अभी जो हुआ उसके बारे में सोचने के लिए बस एक मिनट चाहिए और खुद को यह बताना है कि अगले टेक में क्या करना है, इसलिए मुझे निर्देशक बनने के लिए बस दो मिनट का समय दें।

I have to try to watch myself and give myself feedback. People would take for granted that I was ready to go right away. And I would say, "No, no, no, no, I actually have to go talk to myself." Because I need to just take a minute to think about what just happened and tell myself what to do in the next take, so just give me two minutes to go be a director.

I have to try to watch myself and give myself feedback. People would take for granted that I was ready to go right away. And I would say, "No, no, no, no, I actually have to go talk to myself." Because I need to just take a minute to think about what just happened and tell myself what to do in the next take, so just give me two minutes to go be a director.

Topic Self & Identity Discipline
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 92%

जॉर्डन कई मायनों में अलग है और इसके कई अलग-अलग पहलू हैं। हमें कभी भी एक आधुनिक अरब शहर देखने को नहीं मिलता, अरब दुनिया का वह हिस्सा जहाँ लोग बाकी दुनिया की तरह ही अपनी ज़िंदगी जी रहे हैं, और साथ ही अरब दुनिया का वह हिस्सा जो आश्चर्यजनक रूप से अमेरिकी रंग में रंगा हुआ है, जहाँ हर तरफ फास्ट-फूड जॉइंट्स और शॉपिंग मॉल हैं। पिछले 30 सालों में जब भी मैंने वहाँ यात्रा की है, मैंने वास्तव में इसे बढ़ते और आधुनिक बनते देखा है, और इस हद तक अमेरिकीकृत होते देखा है जिसने एक अरब-अमेरिकी के रूप में मुझे हैरान कर दिया।

Jordan is many different things and there's many different parts of it. We don't ever really get to see a modern Arab city, a part of the Arab world where people are seemingly living their lives like everywhere else and also just a part of the Arab world that's surprisingly Americanized, with fast-food joints everywhere and shopping malls. Over the 30 years I've been traveling there, I really saw it grow and become modernized and much more Americanized in a way that surprised me as an Arab-American.

Jordan is many different things and there's many different parts of it. We don't ever really get to see a modern Arab city, a part of the Arab world where people are seemingly living their lives like everywhere else and also just a part of the Arab world that's surprisingly Americanized, with fast-food joints everywhere and shopping malls. Over the 30 years I've been traveling there, I really saw it grow and become modernized and much more Americanized in a way that surprised me as an Arab-American.

Topic Society & World Society
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Observation 95%