I don't like doing [things] as myself. . . I like to be made into someone else.
My topics are timely. When an event is happening is when I want to be there. . . I think it is our duty to challenge the status quo.
In December 2011, I will be opening up my production house, Sharmeen Obaid Films, and aspire to change the way Pakistanis approach nonfiction storytelling. There are thousands of stories to be found here.
I'd like to do a film in Canada, but it's too difficult. National Film Board funding takes too long, and there's too much paperwork; by the time the film is approved the topic is dead and gone.
An Academy Award nomination is stuff dreams are made of.
Where I grew up in Pakistan, it's really the luck of the draw. My mother got married when she was 17. She never went to college but she wanted each and every one of us to go to college and then work. She was relentless about it. And i think that part of who i am is shaped by her strength. If [girls] families support them, they can achieve their dreams
I'm generally quite an angry person, and I like to channel my anger toward something creative.
For those of you who like to scarf your popcorn in the sack, the good news is that Newman's Own contains an aphrodisiac.
Man isn't a fool for his ignorance, but rather for believing things that are wrong.
When our thoughts - which bring actions - are filled with hate against anyone, Negro or white, we are in a living hell. That is as real as hell will ever be.
I’m sorry, Eve. I love you. I’m not letting you do this. ” She screamed and battered harder. “You love me? You asshole! Let me go!