When I find the character, I try to spend time with them and get to know them very well. Therefore my notes are not from the character that I had in my mind before, but are instead based on the people I've met in real life.
Abbas KiarostamiFilm is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture.
Abbas KiarostamiAs soon as people enter a theater they must become moron consumers who must be fed information.
Abbas KiarostamiI didn't just see myself as a film director here [in Life And Nothing More], but also as an observer of people who had been condemned to death.
Abbas Kiarostami