These days, more than any other time, we are worried about our personal life, our private life. When we talk about our private life, it means our home, our body even. It seems that when we want to have calmness in this world, we make a wall around us. This gives us a very calm environment, and when we feel that somebody is intruding into that, it makes us very angry and we feel we have to do something about it.
Asghar FarhadiI think that theater is the closest medium to music. It's very pure. It's for the elite of the society. It's not for everyone in the society.
Asghar FarhadiI gained a great deal from the period during which I worked in theater and I value those things a great deal.
Asghar FarhadiIt's been interesting to see how similar audiences in the East and West are, actually, and how it makes you realize that when politicians emphasize the differences between our cultures, it's usually because it benefits them more so than us.
Asghar FarhadiI really think that people who want to think more serious have to go and watch theater. Theater is a very sterilized art form. Not as much as music, but very close to music.
Asghar Farhadi