I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films.

In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you.

If I do continue to have the opportunity to work in Iran, that's very much what I'd prefer to do.

Whether you consider me a master filmmaker or not, I do it with my intuition and my vision, my experience as a storyteller.

Of the hundreds of points to enter and exit that are offered to me, I have to choose the one that I feel is the least wrong, the least fake. It is fake, it is a moment that I choose to erupt the story, but I make it as smooth as I can. What enables me to do it is the skill of filmmaking.

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!

In this type of cinema, whether working with actors or non-actors, as much as you do direct them, if you allow yourself to be directed by them, then the end result will be much more pleasing. The real and individual strengths of the actors is allowed to be expressed and is something that does affect the audience very deeply.