I believe there's only good cinema and bad cinema.

I never really learned photography.

I'm not sure that my films show the reality of life in Iran; we show different aspects of life. Iran is a very extensive and expansive place, and sometimes, even for us who live there, some of the realities are very hard to comprehend.

Close-Up is a very particular film in my oeuvre. It's a film that was made in a very particular way; mainly because I didn't really have the time to think about how to go about making the film.

My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that's my perception of life.

I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns.

I was mentioning with the digital camera, maybe this new fashion of filmmaking gives a closer look of what life may be like. But it's still nothing but a copy.