I don’t see myself only as a Somali character. I think of myself as an actor, and if the job fits me and I like the story, I will go for it.

The fittest person survives! The fighting man succeeds! He who Fights to Fit, will Survive to Succeed!

I have fits of melancholia when I watch the news, but we all do, don’t we?

Each blockage is a blockage. Each impasse is an impasse. You have to find a solution; there is no recipe that fits each one of them.