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I have no nationality, no country.

I'm still ambiguously ethnic. I could be Persian - I could be anything. But I'm Italian and Jewish, so I'm a citizen of the world; that's what I prefer.

I don't consider myself an intellectual. And this is not one of my aims. But I admire intellectual people.

I feel very comfortable in New York, in a city where there is no such thing as 'nationality.'

I come from an immigrant family, but I know no other nationality apart from British.

I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism.

My mother is Greek and my father is Bulgarian. I am a first-generation American and native Los Angeleno. I was born and raised in Hollywood.

I've never professed to be an intellectual. I don't try to be.

My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.

Whatever your ethnicity is, in this life you are going to be on a journey to discover who you are and how you feel about yourself.