People have curiosity, they have intelligence, they have interest in understanding their peers. But producers and directors of cinema have decided that the seats in the theaters have been made to transform people's minds to lazy minds.

I think I really produce my best work in Iran.

My last experience of film-making was Tickets, a three-episode film in Italy, the third of which is directed by myself. It's not for me to judge whether it's a good film or a bad film, but what I could say is that nobody had a cultural or linguistic issue with what was produced.

Anything I've not experienced I do not look to for a subject. I have to feel it.

I never reflect or convey that which I have not experienced myself.

I spend a lot of time doing carpentry. Sometimes there is nothing that gives me the contentment that sawing a piece of wood does.

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