A Muslim fanatic and a Christian fanatic, a Jewish fanatic, a secular fanatic, an atheist fanatic, a communist fanatic - all of them are the same. The thinking that, 'If you don't think like me, that if you are not with me, then you are against me;' this is something to condemn.

It's true that, in Iran, women have half of the rights men do. And yet 66 per cent of students are women.

I wasn't made to take orders. My grandmother used to tell me: 'Laws are for idiots.' She was right.

In any case, it's the cowardice of people like you who give dictators the chance to install themselves!

I'm not somebody that keeps the thing in her heart. I can get very angry for five minutes, but then it's finished. Once I've yelled, it's over.

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

Start [the movie] in color. Color is always attributed as fun, and black and white is very sad.