They didn't accept me theory - not a theory, but just a thought I had about this character. I noticed that this man only exists when the boy comes into the grocery.
This character in the film, these things that he says which sound like advice and wise things, they are very common for Orientals. It's all the tradition.
This is one of the factors that also made me very much want to make this film, apart from the fact that I loved it. If the boy hadn't been Jewish and the man hadn't been Muslim, it wouldn't have made any difference to the film. I don't think it's relevant, really.
I'm very wary about giving advice. I think it's very dangerous to give advice to people, except if you know them very well.