I like storytelling movies and more than that I like historical movies; and I think someday I'll definitely make a movie about the past 50 years history.

The bigger confrontation is the one an individual has with itself.

I gained a great deal from the period during which I worked in theater and I value those things a great deal.

Each person makes their own choice, but my spirit is meant to stay in Iran, especially with the work that I do, and with the emotional connection I have with the country - with all its difficulties, this is why I stay.

Whether we like it or not, the modernity is something that comes from Western countries, and when the modernity comes to the Eastern countries, although they feel like they really need it, at the same time it shakes the very fundament of the culture - there is always this challenge between the two.

I always thought that in the countries that the modernity kicks in later, it seems that everything changes on the surface, the physical things change, but inside, things haven't changed, really. This is always the challenge of this kind of community, to make a harmony between the cultural traditions and the modernity of modern life.

One must never tell a child what it is they should display acting.