Filmmaking in general is about feeling and not about theory. You need to know a lot of rules about filmmaking: character development, grammar, and al…

- Hany Abu-Assad

Humanity has survived because the strong among us have, in the past, been obliged to help the weak. Without this, we would not survive.

- Hany Abu-Assad

As a human being, I will always feel that where there is oppression, I am with the underdog.

- Hany Abu-Assad

A movie should entertain you in a way that will also open your mind. I think movies are tools to enrich your experience.

- Hany Abu-Assad

I don't read the news anymore because I know it would make me depressed. So instead, I make beauty. I make movies.

- Hany Abu-Assad

You need a visualization of the outside obstacle and what can be better than a wall. For the Palestinians it means a division from each other, becaus…

- Hany Abu-Assad

This is what art can do in our time. Unite people, and give them hope.

- Hany Abu-Assad

When I was younger, I did dark movies. It was a reflection of what I saw around me.

- Hany Abu-Assad

I feel like my job is to give hope. The world is in a dark place and we are living in somewhat of a nightmare. So I want to make films to give hope.

- Hany Abu-Assad