Cinema is a world of imagination.

I don't want to quit smoking. I am convinced that if I quit smoking, the world would go to hell.

But violence is news, to a certain extent, and people don't want complicated news. Because as soon as you realize things are complicated, your life becomes more complicated.

I really didn't know what to think about the veil. Deep down I was very religious but as a family we were very modern and avant-garde. I was born with religion. At the age of six I was already sure I was the last prophet. This was few years before the revolution.

I almost don't know how to write an email.

If you have a little sensibility or a heart, you have all the reason to be depressed once in a while. But the depression is like a motor for creation. I need a little bit of depression, a bit of acid in my stomach, to be able to create. When I'm happy, I just want to dance.

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.