We don't look at each other [in the car], but instead do so only when we want to. We're allowed to look around without appearing rude. We have a big screen in front of us and side views. Silence doesn't seem heavy or difficult.

I'm not sure that my films show the reality of life in Iran; we show different aspects of life. Iran is a very extensive and expansive place, and sometimes, even for us who live there, some of the realities are very hard to comprehend.

Children are very strong and independent characters and can come up with more interesting things than Marlon Brando, and it's sometimes very difficult to direct or order them to do something.

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

We are nothing but a link between our culture and what we can actually produce.

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

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.