The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.

I think being someone in love is so hard to define, so temporary, because retrospectively we often deny the state in which we were in love.

A movie is about human beings, about humanity.

I only make notes, I don't write dialogues in full. And the notes are very much based on my knowledge of person.

Therefore, when you see the end result, it's difficult to see who's the director, me or them. Ultimately, everything belongs to the actors - we just manage the situation.

Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.

I thought that I had been asked every kind of question possible.