Quotes About Perception

It's very easy, if you come from a place like Pakistan, to imagine that there's a narrative of American aggression towards the place that you come from. But that, in itself, is just a political view.

Middle-class Pakistani cultural life is what I've seen, what I know - they're not all screaming faceless mullahs. It's disturbing that in American films, the character on the other side is not even named.

There are distinctions between Indian and Pakistani writers.

When I heard about grooming gangs where almost every individual involved is of Pakistani heritage, I can't help noting that. But I can't helping noting the fact that Rochdale is a town that means something to me, and I'm also of Pakistani heritage.

I feel like a lot of Indian fans don't know about my Indian background, so it's funny online that a lot of fans call me this Pakistani dude. No, I'm Indian, too.

I don't think Indian parents will accept Veena Malik as their bahu. After all, she's a Pakistani national!

I was never OJ's closest pal, and the media would say that over and over, but I wasn't his enemy either.

Whenever you talk about Chinese dragons, emperors, palaces, concubines - they conjure up a whole colonial argle-bargle that has nothing to do with historical reality.

Daredevil was known as 'The Man Without Fear,' and I just thought, 'Well, I don't think that's very interesting.' I don't think it's very interesting to watch someone who's incapable of feeling fear. It also removes from the palate my favorite character attribute, which is courage. If you're not afraid, you can't exercise courage.

Leaders are not pale reflectors of major social conflicts; they play up some, play down others, ignore still others.

'English Rose' - what does that actually mean? That I am pale? That I am English, maybe? They are going to say that about any actress from this country!

I've always loved the poetry in 'Pale Fire.' I think it's wonderful.

I'm pale, and people need to accept that I'm almost see-through.

I always felt that people found women more attractive if they were tanned and there are some parts where I'm so pale, I'm blue and see-through.

I started looking at women like Lily Cole and Sophie Ellis Bextor - beautiful women with their pale skin, rather than looking at the run-of-the-mill, tanned, average lady.

I have seen myself pale and I don't look like myself.

I'm not ill, I'm just pale.

I get it that the media is going to show the worst part, because that's the part that people want to see. But they have not represented Israel or Palestine, however people want to call it, they haven't represented it well at all. Go to the beach! You won't know this place from California.

Bill Clinton somehow managed to be revered and adored by both the Palestinians and the Israelis. Obama has managed to be looked at suspiciously by both.

If I were Sarah Palin, would I want to sit in an interview with someone who was secretly out to get me? Probably not.

Never judge someone by who he's in love with; judge him by his friends. People fall in love with the most appalling people. Take a cool, appraising glance at his pals.

It's inconceivable to some people that that wouldn't be the sexiest thing to do in the whole world: to be a movie star, and make money, and be pampered, and whatever.

I wasn't pampered the way a Tyrone Power was.

I would experiment with porridge - make porridge pancakes, fry porridge - and so friends started calling me 'Porridge.' But I got to feel that I was becoming a character, a work of fiction, in a sense.