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

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.

Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.' That's not valid for people who want to think and reflect.

Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life.

A movie is about human beings, about humanity.

In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you.

Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture.

Good cinema is what we can believe and bad cinema is what we can't believe. What you see and believe in is very much what I'm interested in.

My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that's my perception of life.

I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!

I spend a lot of time doing carpentry. Sometimes there is nothing that gives me the contentment that sawing a piece of wood does.

Just smile and feel happy.

No man will succeed unless he is ready to face and overcome difficulties and is prepared to assume responsibilities.

Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.

Of course drugs were fun.

It is advertising and the logic of consumerism that governs the depiction of reality in the mass media.

I inspired a new generation in the same way the previous generation inspired me. I believe that our democracy itself is very inspiring.

I think anybody who has been in the theater, prefers it. Television is a... factory. You turn out things on a revolving assembly line. You don't have time to perfect anything in television.

Reason without learning is like the untilled soil, or like the human body that lacks nourishment.

When you truly have fun on the set it translates into a funny show on tv.

Resenting promotion is one of the greatest obstacles to success. People who have issues with selling and promotion are usually broke.