In order to be able to cooperate with a child, you have to come down to below their level in order to communicate with them. Actors are also like children.

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

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

Having an international voice is not really about whether we speak Persian or any other language.

It was a film that I knew, that I had seen, that I was familiar with, but I wasn't anxious about it at any point during the screening. I snoozed twice, and this is something I couldn't have imagined that I would feel detached, as I did with this film [Certified Copy].

This was pointed out to me by somebody who referred to the paintings of Rembrandt and his use of light: some elements are highlighted while others are obscured or even pushed back into the dark. And it's something that we do - we bring out elements that we want to emphasise.

When I find the character, I try to spend time with them and get to know them very well. Therefore my notes are not from the character that I had in my mind before, but are instead based on the people I've met in real life.