If you make a film too American, it won't travel. It will have no life outside of its own country.
I've been offered roles in Indian films, but I wanted my debut film to be from Pakistan. A lot of people think that I've made my music career from India, but that's not true. I made it big in Pakistan, and then I went across the border.
What can I tell you? I continue to be creative, but have only been commercially successful outside of the U.S.
I would like a better record here in Australia but I would like a better record in every country.
Once upon a time Americans didn't want to listen to Canadian rap and now Drake's the biggest rapper in the world.
I was a star in Italy, Austrailia, Germany and Japan before the American stations ever paid attention at all.
The audiences everywhere feel the same emotions. That's why when movies do well in an industry, they become popular all over.
'Escape Plan' did better in China than it did in the U.S.
I did not have activities in the Philippines before, but many fans recognized me and greeted me with overflowing cheers. 'Moonlight Drawn by Clouds' was said to have aired through KBS World. I didn't know that.
