This [the Earthquake] Was A Very Big

While Shooting Ten I Was Sitting In The Backseat, But I Didn't Interfere. Sometimes, I Was Following In Another Car, So I Was Not Even Present On The "set", Because I Thought They Would Work Better In My Absence.

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.

You've Noticed That Same Joke Told By Two Different People, Once Works, And The Other Time Doesn't, Simply Because How The Person Edits It. The Silences, The Pauses, What They Neglect, What They Emphasize - All Of This Matters.

Whether You Consider Me A Master Filmmaker Or Not, I Do It With My Intuition And My Vision, My Experience As A Storyteller.

Maybe More Than A Teller, I Am A Story Listener. I Really Enjoy Listening To Stories. I Remember Them And Keep Them In My Mind. All Of My Films Are A Collection Of Small Stories That Have Been Told To Me.