It's cinematographic to smoke. Imagine Lauren Bacall without a cigarette.

I am absolutely not a feminist, I am against stupidity, and if it comes from males or females, it doesn't change anything. If it means that women and men, they are equal, then OK, certainly I am a feminist.

We found ourselves veiled and separated from our friends.

It's fear that makes us lose our conscience. It's also what transforms us into cowards.

I realized then that I didn't understand anything. I read all the books I could.

I wanted to do my artistic work, and in Iran you have censorship. It was difficult for me to do the work I wanted to do.

I had two major activities as a child. I was trying to put on shows with kids in my street, or I was drawing. Actually, what I'm doing now is exactly what I was doing then. Either I'm drawing, or I'm gathering people for a common project. The only difference is that now they are paying me for that.