In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.

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

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.

In my opinion the man looks at the relationship in a more bitter fashion and the woman still holds great hopes.

Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life.

The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.

I've often noticed that we are not able to look at what we have in front of us, unless it's inside a frame.