The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
We are nothing but a link between our culture and what we can actually produce.
I believe there's only good cinema and bad cinema.
If you are a businessman or a politician in Iran, you can get a visa as quickly as you ask for it.
In my mind, there isn't as much of a distinction between documentary and fiction as there is between a good movie and a bad one.
I can only display what I've been nurtured with, which is this worldview which has become my view. If I displayed anything different from it in my work, I wouldn't deserve this heritage.