The job of the writer and the filmmaker is not to impose his vision on the reality, but to be inspired by the reality and create a vision out of that.

- Ramin Bahrani

The actors come and you start seeing things happen for real.

- Ramin Bahrani

I believe in the utmost importance of one human being's actions toward another. This is actually what I believe in. How we handle one another, that's…

- Ramin Bahrani

You have to let life come and go.

- Ramin Bahrani

I never say "Action" or "Cut." Never. I think that would disturb the life from happening in and around everything.

- Ramin Bahrani

We're living in a time period where if a kid is on a plastic scooter that's one inch off the ground, mom and dad think he should have a helmet on. I …

- Ramin Bahrani

The people who run the major banks have MBAs and wear suits. And when those people in suits come to the homes of people who don't have a high school …

- Ramin Bahrani

I'm not going to read reviews like, "I have to do these things." Any good criticism makes you think about your own films and about cinema in general.

- Ramin Bahrani

Sometimes we have dreams, but we just can't make them. That's normal.

- Ramin Bahrani