I'm Not Sure That My Films Show

I Think The Contrast Between These Two In The Professional World Of Cinema Mattered To Me. One Who Has Reached The Ultimate Point Of Being A Star, Who Knows How To Do Everything Very Well, Facing Another Person Who Would Throughout The Making Of The Film Transfer His Anxiety To Both Of Us, To Me And To Juliette, As To Whether Or Not He Would Be Capable Of Fulfilling His Role. This In Itself Created A Challenge That Was Actually Very Good For Me, Since I Hadn't Ever Counterposed Two Such Performers Before, Creating That Challenge Between Someone Who Knows Their Part And Someone Who Doesn't.

The [iranian] Government Grapples With More Important Issues And We Can Maybe Say That These Films Don't Really Exist For Them. It's Not About Whether They Like It Or Don't; It's Just Not Very Important To Them.

I Think, Just As Footballers Play Better At Home, Maybe Film-makers, Too, Create Better At Home, Even Though The Rules Of Football Are The Same Wherever You Go.

I've Often Noticed That We Are Not Able To Look At What We Have In Front Of Us, Unless It's Inside A Frame.

I Can Only Display What I've Been Nurtured With, Which Is This Worldview Which Has Become My View. If I Displayed Anything Different From It In My Work, I Wouldn't Deserve This Heritage.