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

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!

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

Close-Up is a very particular film in my oeuvre. It's a film that was made in a very particular way; mainly because I didn't really have the time to think about how to go about making the film.

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.

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.

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