In Iran, the women are like Italian women, they rule the house inside. But it's full of life. The history is very rich. The mystic of the Middle Ages. We have to learn from them. They influence all the philosophers when they came to Europe all those many many years ago.

I'm not a dancer, so I have to find a movement that belongs to me. I dance within my limits and with my imagination.

I move on stage differently. The more you act, anyway, the more you live, your perception of life becomes more and more accurate.

As actors, we are so privileged to do what we do and to give to the world and to choose the subject we want to say to the world.

Some words, you know, it's amazing but some words would come only in French, and when I speak French, it would only come in English. And so the adjustment is very difficult sometimes.

The strong is not the one who can put on the blades at a glance, and the one who is able to raise a smile from his knees!

A director could be 20 years old and an actor 60, or vice versa; it doesn't matter. It's about connecting sensibility and energy together, and having a vision that goes together and anchors the film as you go along.