Alexander Siddig

Alexander Siddig: (On visiting Israel) However I did get to see Bethlehem which I found quite interesting for some of its antiquity and I visited a refugee camp just outside Jerusalem which was pretty sad, I suppose, but there are ghettos in every country and around every major city, these particular ghettos are remarkable only because they are State enforced.

Alexander Siddig: (On the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict) I feel like I have lived with this conflict all my waking life. Over the years I have formed many opinions and revised those opinions again and again. When I was younger, I had a simple view, I could perceive a simple injustice and it made me angry, reasons weren't too important. As I have grown older and read more and talked to people who live there, I have noticed how nuanced it has become. How so many layers of bitterness have been added.

Alexander Siddig: (On choosing his stage name Alexander) Alexander worked because it was, it's Mesopotamian, it's Arab, you know it's pre-Muslim....No, it wasn't random, and, also my first best friend had a dog that was called Alex. And so I was already happy with that name.