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> [When it comes to identity, that was an issue that plagued me for a lot of my life. It's something that I wanted to tap into. Film can really take you to other places, and sometimes that's necessary to understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherien-dabis/when-it-comes-to-identity-that-was-an-issue-that-plagued-me-for-a-lot/)

[Cherien Dabis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherien-dabis/)

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## More by Cherien Dabis

> [Some of my favorite all-time movies - Wong Kar-wai is just amazing. In the Mood for Love is probably my favorite film ever. Those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherien-dabis/some-of-my-favorite-all-time-movies-wong-kar-wai-is-just-amazing-in/)

[Cherien Dabis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherien-dabis/)

> [I think that you have to have a really specific type of personality to be able to both direct and act, because it requires…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherien-dabis/i-think-that-you-have-to-have-a-really-specific-type-of-personality/)

[Cherien Dabis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherien-dabis/)

> [I definitely did not play myself. As the writer of the script, I have traits of all the characters. I can relate to all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherien-dabis/i-definitely-did-not-play-myself-as-the-writer-of-the-script-i-have/)

[Cherien Dabis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherien-dabis/)

> [When it comes to identity, that was an issue that plagued me for a lot of my life. It's something that I wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherien-dabis/when-it-comes-to-identity-that-was-an-issue-that-plagued-me-for-a-lot/)

[Cherien Dabis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherien-dabis/)

> [I knew that I wanted to live in a city, but had never really been to New York. But I was begging my parents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherien-dabis/i-knew-that-i-wanted-to-live-in-a-city-but-had-never-really-been-to/)

[Cherien Dabis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherien-dabis/)

> [From as early as I can remember, I wanted to have something to do with the acting business. I was a TV junkie as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherien-dabis/from-as-early-as-i-can-remember-i-wanted-to-have-something-to-do-with/)

[Cherien Dabis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherien-dabis/)

> [It's why I fell in love with movies. You can sit in a movie theater and be transported to a place that you never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherien-dabis/it-s-why-i-fell-in-love-with-movies-you-can-sit-in-a-movie-theater/)

[Cherien Dabis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherien-dabis/)

> [When you step in to act, you just zoom way in on the longest possible lens and you're just totally in the point of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherien-dabis/when-you-step-in-to-act-you-just-zoom-way-in-on-the-longest-possible/)

[Cherien Dabis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherien-dabis/)

> [I watch everything from independent art-house cinema to foreign film. I don't watch as many Hollywood blockbusters but once in a while, I'm curious.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherien-dabis/i-watch-everything-from-independent-art-house-cinema-to-foreign-film/)

[Cherien Dabis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherien-dabis/)

> [I discovered myself in the back-and-forth and in the hyphenated Arab-American way, and one of the things that I discovered was that I really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherien-dabis/i-discovered-myself-in-the-back-and-forth-and-in-the-hyphenated-arab/)

[Cherien Dabis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherien-dabis/)

> [When there's an actor involved, the actor's talking to the director or the director's talking to the actor. But when there are not those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherien-dabis/when-there-s-an-actor-involved-the-actor-s-talking-to-the-director-or/)

[Cherien Dabis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherien-dabis/)

> [Jordan is many different things and there's many different parts of it. We don't ever really get to see a modern Arab city, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherien-dabis/jordan-is-many-different-things-and-there-s-many-different-parts-of/)

[Cherien Dabis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherien-dabis/)

> [Keep doing what you're doing no matter what anyone says. Defy your own doubt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherien-dabis/keep-doing-what-you-re-doing-no-matter-what-anyone-says-defy-your-own/)

[Cherien Dabis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherien-dabis/)

> [I was really inspired by my own experience, and specifically my own identity crisis but larger than that, I also wanted to explore the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherien-dabis/i-was-really-inspired-by-my-own-experience-and-specifically-my-own/)

[Cherien Dabis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherien-dabis/)

> [On the American side, some of the movies that I watched when I was a kid, like E.T. or The Wizard of Oz, those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherien-dabis/on-the-american-side-some-of-the-movies-that-i-watched-when-i-was-a/)

[Cherien Dabis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherien-dabis/)

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