I'm impossible to direct. I couldn't get myself to do anything.
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I ended up in some pretty bizarre places. One night, it was Salinas, Kansas. . . . I sort of wandered into this little hotel and they let me sleep in the lobby.Tony Shalhoub
All I wanted with that film was to represent the possibility that there might be normal people who are Muslim or Arab with the same fears, responsibilities, hopes.
Tony Shalhoub
And Big Night, I think by the end the brothers find that balance, when they touch each other on the shoulder over breakfast and it's understood that what should never have driven them apart almost drove them apart. I think that's a true moment.
Tony Shalhoub
You're not really necessarily the coolest guy in their life. You are a conduit to the really cool people.
Tony Shalhoub
I have never seen a role like this of an Arab-American that's seen in such a positive light -- a really well-rounded character with a sense of humor, a professional life, a family life. Not a goodie-goodie -- a person who has his flaws and his shortcomings -- but a real character, not a stereotype.
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It was really an experience, being my first time directing a movie. The scenes that I was in, Brooke really directed me all the time. And the scenes that both of us were in, Brooke directed those. Come to think of it, Brooke directed most of the scenes.
Tony Shalhoub
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