I Became The Voice Of A Generation

Business Is Very Personal. For Me, Everything Is Extremely Personal. With Actors, The Fact That I Write Helps, Because When You Say To An Actor "oh I Want You To Do It A Little Bit More ...," Without Saying What You Want More Of, Then The Actor Doesn't Know What To Do. But If You Can Put Into Words Exactly What You Want, Then The Experience Of Writing Is Helpful With That.

I Call Iran Home Because No Matter How Long I Live In France, And Despite The Fact That I Feel Also French After All These Years, To Me The Word 'home' Has Only One Meaning: Iran. I Suppose It's That Way For Everyone: Home Is The Place Where One Is Born And Raised.

Racism Is Not Nearly As Important As Poverty. That's The Same Around The World. What Look Like Ethnic Problems Are Really Economic Issues. If You Look Closely At All These Conflicts Around The World, They Come Down To Poverty And Economics And Resources. The More Poverty, The Worse The War.

When You Make A Book Or You Make A Movie, It Is Almost Like Hitting On Somebody. It's Not Because You Want To Seduce People That You Will Seduce Them; You Can Hit On Somebody And It Doesn't Work. But When You Hit On Them And It Works, Then It's Really Cool.

Not Everybody Loves Their Children. If That Was A Fact, All The Children Would Be Happy And They Would Make Happy Adults. Instead, We Have Lots Of Miserable Children That Later Became Miserable Adults. This Is A Fact. We Cannot Change That.