This concept that you refer to in Buddhism is something I've been nurtured with through the history of my country for 700, 800 years - Persian poets and philosophers haven't said anything different with regard to experiencing life in the moment, as opposed to the belief of permanence.

The digital camera has given me total freedom and a different way of filming.

As soon as people enter a theater they must become moron consumers who must be fed information.

Unfortunately, cinema critics are very few in America, 400-500 people, but there are more critics of Iran.

When we start shooting I don't have rehearsals with characters at all. So, rather than pulling them towards myself, I travel closer to them; it's very much closer to the real person than anything I try to create. So I give them something but I also take from them.

I never really learned photography.

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