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

In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.

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.

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

The [Iranian] government grapples with more important issues and we can maybe say that these films don't really exist for them. It's not about whether they like it or don't; it's just not very important to them.

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.

In my opinion the man looks at the relationship in a more bitter fashion and the woman still holds great hopes.