It'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.

There are those who simply want to live their lives, and feel they cannot live the way they want to in Iran. Others are ideologically motivated: They will stay no matter what and try to change things.

Whenever I write a part, I think there's this person somewhere in the world that this part is specifically for and all I have to do is go searching to find that particular individual.

I would have had the same narrative, regardless of the atmosphere and the restrictions.

I'm always careful about the thing I'm writing to make sure a viewer can imagine it happening to themselves.

Sometimes we feel like life is like theater, really.

I see screenwriting as a bit like a math equation which I have to solve.