Does Hollywood do movies about terrorism? Yeah. And why do they do that? Because it sells.

Sometimes stereotyping happens not because of any nefarious reasons but rather because people don't know who you are or where you come from, so they go for the broad strokes about you, your culture, your faith, all that.

I think you can do science fiction, but you have to ground it in some realism. People need to identify with the characters, with their plights and their issues.

The box office has become global. I think that factors in to the question of how to portray different ethnicities and cultures.

When I read a script, if I feel it's written with the idea of just bashing other people, then I shy away from it. Sometimes it's some guy coming out with his own hatred, and I don't need to be a part of it.

I grew up with 'Star Trek,' so to get to do anything in it was fun for me.