Mena Massoud

Art is very subjective and having to put numbers on it seems counterintuitive.

— Mena Massoud

I'm pretty good at going incognito.

— Mena Massoud

I think Middle Eastern hair is very resilient.

— Mena Massoud

There's always a wild card or two when you're casting. I'm usually the wild card. In a room of Caucasian guys, a…

— Mena Massoud

When we uplift artists who reflect diverse perspectives their stories not only tell us how people view others, but how they view…

— Mena Massoud

I'm trying to be a voice for the North African Arab community. We've got to continue to fight for our place in…

— Mena Massoud

I put in my time, I worked hard and I followed my dreams.

— Mena Massoud

I went through it in high school. It's like, 'Who am I? Am I good enough? Is my background good enough? I…

— Mena Massoud

There is such a peace out in the middle of the desert. There's nothing like it.

— Mena Massoud

My first professional gig was on a show called 'Nikita,' and I played Al Qaeda No. 2. At that time I had…

— Mena Massoud

My parents knew about the story of Aladdin far before the animation film. It's a folk tale that is very prevalent in…

— Mena Massoud

We don't tell Canadian stories enough.

— Mena Massoud

I grew up in Canada and I was 10 years old when 9/11 happened. And I think that really changed the landscape…

— Mena Massoud

I went to schools that had a significantly large Caucasian population and I feel very fortunate because I was able to compare…

— Mena Massoud

Ryerson helped me because I was around acting all the time. It was pretty much all I thought about, even if I…

— Mena Massoud

We immigrated when I was 3 1/2 years old, to Toronto. But I'm still very, very close to my culture and -…

— Mena Massoud

I don't like the word 'vegan' on its own, and the reason I started Evolving Vegan, is because the people associated with…

— Mena Massoud

I grew up loving okra.

— Mena Massoud

I always view auditions as the first and last time I'll ever do a character, so that's how I like to see…

— Mena Massoud

It's a funny thing that's happening online. The Middle Easterners want 'Aladdin' to be a Middle Eastern story, and the Indians want…

— Mena Massoud

My parents saw certain things differently than other people.

— Mena Massoud

As artists we have an extraordinary and rare privilege to tell the stories of our people, our land, our culture. They grip…

— Mena Massoud

In fact, in the original folk tale, Aladdin was actually of Chinese descent. So what we wanted to do with this was…

— Mena Massoud

I went to theater school in Toronto for four years and grew up around actors, and things like headshots could cost you…

— Mena Massoud

We've got to celebrate all diverse artists and actors and 'Aladdin' does that really well.

— Mena Massoud