The information I have about Iran is second hand.

Today, we don't talk about history. The past is two weeks ago, and the future is two weeks after.

You never have these moments that, you know, are always perfect. Always something happens.

There are things that I love in Iranian cinema and things that I don't. In Iranian cinema, you have to use metaphor because you are living under a dictatorship.

I'm not a religious person at all.

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.

You draw the character from all angles - side, profile, back, etc. so the animator has this character in all the ways it looks like.