There are certainties in existence, but love is something much harder to define than light and dark, life and death. I think saying you are "like" someone in love sounds right.

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 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!

The Iranian government as a whole has no relationship with my films. They're not particularly interested, perhaps this kind of cinema is not very interesting to them.

I'm still very grateful to digital cameras in general, but I didn't have this feeling with the RED one.

I don't like reverse-angle shots - I find them very fake and very untruthful to the viewer.

The experience of life teaches us that being like someone in love is more real, because everything is uncertain.