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Abbas Quotes: "I think life is so difficult to catch, it's so furtive, that a copy, a film, can in no way catch it and represent it."

I think life is so difficult to catch, it's so furtive, that a copy, a film, can in no way catch it and represent it.



Abbas Quotes: "Directors don't always create, they can also destroy with too many demands."

Directors don't always create, they can also destroy with too many demands.




Abbas Quotes: "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 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.



Abbas Quotes: "I think that if you're a digital thinker, you can use a digital camera."

I think that if you're a digital thinker, you can use a digital camera.




Abbas Quotes: "Whether you consider me a master filmmaker or not, I do it with my intuition and my vision, my experience as a storyteller."

Whether you consider me a master filmmaker or not, I do it with my intuition and my vision, my experience as a storyteller.



Abbas Quotes: "Give me until the end of the year and I will be able to control the chaos in Gaza, ... Now that the Israeli pullout is completed, we will be able to better deal with the problem."

Give me until the end of the year and I will be able to control the chaos in Gaza, ... Now that the Israeli pullout is completed, we will be able to better deal with the problem.



Abbas Quotes: "Life is so spine chillingly beautiful."

Life is so spine chillingly beautiful.




Abbas Quotes: "When I die, I will return to where I first came from. Back to the stars."

When I die, I will return to where I first came from. Back to the stars.



Abbas Quotes: "In real life, when someone's partner calls them, they can tell from the first word their partner says what their mood is."

In real life, when someone's partner calls them, they can tell from the first word their partner says what their mood is.



Abbas Quotes: "As long as I take the responsibility of the choice, I have to make the choice that is as right as possible."

As long as I take the responsibility of the choice, I have to make the choice that is as right as possible.



Abbas Quotes: "I really haven't seen The Report in a long time. I don't have a copy, but I'll have to see it again. I think it would be good to put both these men next to each other."

I really haven't seen The Report in a long time. I don't have a copy, but I'll have to see it again. I think it would be good to put both these men next to each other.



Abbas Quotes: "I do believe that a film like Ten could never have been made with a 35mm camera. The first part of the film lasts 17 minutes, and by the end of that part, the kid has totally forgotten the camera."

I do believe that a film like Ten could never have been made with a 35mm camera. The first part of the film lasts 17 minutes, and by the end of that part, the kid has totally forgotten the camera.




Abbas Quotes: "There are certainties in existence, but love is something much harder to define than light and dark, life and death. I think saying you are "like" someone in love sounds right."

There are certainties in existence, but love is something much harder to define than light and dark, life and death. I think saying you are "like" someone in love sounds right.



Abbas Quotes: "I only make notes, I don't write dialogues in full. And the notes are very much based on my knowledge of person."

I only make notes, I don't write dialogues in full. And the notes are very much based on my knowledge of person.



Abbas Quotes: "A digital camera does have many advantages and I was a believer that digital video would be a big influence on film-making."

A digital camera does have many advantages and I was a believer that digital video would be a big influence on film-making.



Abbas Quotes: "I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns."

I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns.



Abbas Quotes: "I do think that we are sometimes, as directors, guilty of portraying or asking our actors to behave in certain ways that are perhaps not very morally acceptable. I'm not the only one."

I do think that we are sometimes, as directors, guilty of portraying or asking our actors to behave in certain ways that are perhaps not very morally acceptable. I'm not the only one.



Abbas Quotes: "I don't generally derive my stories from novels. I try to turn into film things I have felt or experienced."

I don't generally derive my stories from novels. I try to turn into film things I have felt or experienced.



Abbas Quotes: "It's very true that non-actors feel more comfortable in front of a digital camera, without the lights and the large crowd around them, and we arrive at much more intimate moments with them."

It's very true that non-actors feel more comfortable in front of a digital camera, without the lights and the large crowd around them, and we arrive at much more intimate moments with them.



Abbas Quotes: "This [the earthquake] was a very big influence on me, and the issue of life and death from then on does recur in my films."

This [the earthquake] was a very big influence on me, and the issue of life and death from then on does recur in my films.



Abbas Quotes: "Despite the great advantages of digital video and the great ease of using the medium, still those who use it have first to understand the sensitivities of how to best use the medium."

Despite the great advantages of digital video and the great ease of using the medium, still those who use it have first to understand the sensitivities of how to best use the medium.



Abbas Quotes: "If we're not going to take full advantage of digital, then 35mm is a better medium. Especially for shooting dramas - I have no problem with 35mm."

If we're not going to take full advantage of digital, then 35mm is a better medium. Especially for shooting dramas - I have no problem with 35mm.



Abbas Quotes: "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."

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.



Abbas Quotes: "I'm still very grateful to digital cameras in general, but I didn't have this feeling with the RED one."

I'm still very grateful to digital cameras in general, but I didn't have this feeling with the RED one.



Abbas Quotes: "I am still very surprised that I managed to make that film [Close Up]. When I actually look back on that film, I really feel that I was not the director but instead just a member of the audience."

I am still very surprised that I managed to make that film [Close Up]. When I actually look back on that film, I really feel that I was not the director but instead just a member of the audience.



Abbas Quotes: "The film [Close Up] made itself, to a large extent. The characters involved were very real, I wasn't directing the actors so much as being directed by them. So it was a very particular film."

The film [Close Up] made itself, to a large extent. The characters involved were very real, I wasn't directing the actors so much as being directed by them. So it was a very particular film.



Abbas Quotes: "Close-Up has affected later films that I've made."

Close-Up has affected later films that I've made.



Abbas Quotes: "The one-word cinema wasn't possible for me anymore. I'd hit a wall, a dead end. Therefore I thought I'd turn back."

The one-word cinema wasn't possible for me anymore. I'd hit a wall, a dead end. Therefore I thought I'd turn back.



Abbas Quotes: "In order to be able to cooperate with a child, you have to come down to below their level in order to communicate with them. Actors are also like children."

In order to be able to cooperate with a child, you have to come down to below their level in order to communicate with them. Actors are also like children.



Abbas Quotes: "Unfortunately, cinema critics are very few in America, 400-500 people, but there are more critics of Iran."

Unfortunately, cinema critics are very few in America, 400-500 people, but there are more critics of Iran.



Abbas Quotes: "The Iranian government as a whole has no relationship with my films. They're not particularly interested, perhaps this kind of cinema is not very interesting to them."

The Iranian government as a whole has no relationship with my films. They're not particularly interested, perhaps this kind of cinema is not very interesting to them.



Abbas Quotes: "Using non-actors has its own rules and really requires that you allow them to do their own thing."

Using non-actors has its own rules and really requires that you allow them to do their own thing.



Abbas Quotes: "I don't like reverse-angle shots - I find them very fake and very untruthful to the viewer."

I don't like reverse-angle shots - I find them very fake and very untruthful to the viewer.



Abbas Quotes: "If I do continue to have the opportunity to work in Iran, that's very much what I'd prefer to do."

If I do continue to have the opportunity to work in Iran, that's very much what I'd prefer to do.



Abbas Quotes: "Having an international voice is not really about whether we speak Persian or any other language."

Having an international voice is not really about whether we speak Persian or any other language.



Abbas Quotes: "The digital camera has given me total freedom and a different way of filming."

The digital camera has given me total freedom and a different way of filming.



Abbas Quotes: "Therefore, when you see the end result, it's difficult to see who's the director, me or them. Ultimately, everything belongs to the actors - we just manage the situation."

Therefore, when you see the end result, it's difficult to see who's the director, me or them. Ultimately, everything belongs to the actors - we just manage the situation.



Abbas Quotes: "I don't have very complete scripts for my films. I have a general outline and a character in my mind, and I make no notes until I find the character who's in my mind in reality."

I don't have very complete scripts for my films. I have a general outline and a character in my mind, and I make no notes until I find the character who's in my mind in reality.



Abbas Quotes: "I think I really produce my best work in Iran."

I think I really produce my best work in Iran.



Abbas Quotes: "I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films."

I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films.



Abbas Quotes: "If you are a businessman or a politician in Iran, you can get a visa as quickly as you ask for it."

If you are a businessman or a politician in Iran, you can get a visa as quickly as you ask for it.



Abbas Quotes: "The purpose of armed struggle is not simply to kill... its purpose is to reach a political goal."

The purpose of armed struggle is not simply to kill... its purpose is to reach a political goal.



Abbas Quotes: "But all my people, the Palestinians and the Arabs, wish me long life and freedom."

But all my people, the Palestinians and the Arabs, wish me long life and freedom.



Abbas Quotes: "When America is chasing you, the whole world is chasing you."

When America is chasing you, the whole world is chasing you.



Abbas Quotes: "When you look at nature, you see a hidden mystery that gives a special flavor to the photograph."

When you look at nature, you see a hidden mystery that gives a special flavor to the photograph.



Abbas Quotes: "Wear Bow World Bow"

Wear Bow World Bow



Abbas Quotes: "He never went to war, yet he emerged from the smog and shadows victorious."

He never went to war, yet he emerged from the smog and shadows victorious.




Abbas Quotes: "Life takes up one long, winding road to fulfill its seemingly endless journey, and when we find ourselves stumble upon forks in the road, we choose wisely."

Life takes up one long, winding road to fulfill its seemingly endless journey, and when we find ourselves stumble upon forks in the road, we choose wisely.