The fact is I'm not making a film in order to draw pictures or make images about Iran..

Whether we like it or not, the modernity is something that comes from Western countries, and when the modernity comes to the Eastern countries, altho….

Whenever I write a part, I think there's this person somewhere in the world that this part is specifically for and all I have to do is go searching t….

Is there one specific source that determines correct morality and everybody should follow that? Or should individuals come up with following that sou….

Iranian filmmakers are not passive. They fight whenever they can, as creative expression means a lot to them. The restrictions and censorship in Iran….

It was important to me to make a film where I don't show the past but where the spectators can see the past..

I always feel that a viewer has an expectation about every moment of the film and where it's going, so if I act against that, I've created a twist. I….

One of the biggest blessings in my life is that I have a very wonderful family, a lovely wife and two lovely daughters..

There is no privilege in restriction. In other words, I disagree with people who say restriction makes you more creative. I think that's a misleading….

I tend to jot down moments, lines, interactions that don't really make any sense. I try and explain these scattered notes to my close friends, and th….

These days, more than any other time, we are worried about our personal life, our private life. When we talk about our private life, it means our hom….

Each person makes their own choice, but my spirit is meant to stay in Iran, especially with the work that I do, and with the emotional connection I h….

I would have had the same narrative, regardless of the atmosphere and the restrictions..

I think that theater is the closest medium to music. It's very pure. It's for the elite of the society. It's not for everyone in the society..

At the time when talk of war, intimidation, and aggression is exchanged between politicians, the name of their country, Iran, is spoken here through ….

I always thought that in the countries that the modernity kicks in later, it seems that everything changes on the surface, the physical things change….

In my opinion when you speak about relationships between people, you are actually talking about everything in their world because everything is conta….

The first theme that every audience can get easily everywhere in the world is the theme of judgment. You are constantly judging if this character is ….

I feel its important to talk about the complex issues affecting us..

I'm always careful about the thing I'm writing to make sure a viewer can imagine it happening to themselves..

One must never tell a child what it is they should display acting..