Julia Bacha

When I was 17, I came to the U.S. to study Middle Eastern history and politics at Columbia University.

For any filmmaker who has just released a film and who is experiencing some measure of success, the temptation can be great to respond to every screening request that comes in.

Violent resistance and nonviolent resistance share one very important thing in common: They are both a form of theater seeking an audience to their cause.

There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.

That strategy of buy and hold, which is the sound and sensible one for the individual, can have very dangerous and perverse effects for the market as a whole.

I think the life of an actor is very glamorous to other people - then, realities set in.