[AS:]The film I am about to shoot in Israel with Julian Schnabel is about a very simple man who doesn’t want to fight. He’s a husband and a father.
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JM: Beyond that, you have no idea what he is?
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AS: No. Most women actors over history have never known what they do—just the housewife or the girlfriend. I’m just the man in this scenario. Which means that I’ll probably make him something like a gardener—something I understand.

The Accidental Arab Alexander Siddig Interviewed by Jamal Mahjoub | Bidoun Projects