When we start shooting I don't have rehearsals with characters at all. So, rather than pulling them towards myself, I travel closer to them; it's very much closer to the real person than anything I try to create. So I give them something but I also take from them.
Abbas KiarostamiI spend a lot of time doing carpentry. Sometimes there is nothing that gives me the contentment that sawing a piece of wood does.
Abbas KiarostamiI've often noticed that we are not able to look at what we have in front of us, unless it's inside a frame.
Abbas Kiarostami