'The Jungle Book.' It's one of the best animated films ever. I saw it when I was small at a cinema in Tehran.

The movie business is not about the money. Of course, you need money to make the movie. If you have a small budget, adapt yourself. Having $200 million dollars doesn't ensure that you're definitely going to make a good movie. There's so many examples that prove that.

People are so afraid to say the word "comic". It makes you think of a grown man with pimples, a ponytail and a big belly. Change it to "graphic novel" and that disappears.

I love the French for their sarcasm, their irony. I love them for their bad moods.

Teacher: What do you want to be when you grow up? Marji: I'll be a prophet.

This clash of the culture, East and the West, us and them, Muslim and Christian, does not exist.

War always takes you by surprise.