I loved Chiara Mastroianni voice, her talent, her generosity. We rehearsed for two months...She's a workaholic and perfectionist, like Vincent [Paronnaud] and myself.

We found ourselves veiled and separated from our friends.

I had so many professions before. I didn't want to do this particularly. It just happened.

Life is too short to be lived badly.

Not everybody loves their children. If that was a fact, all the children would be happy and they would make happy adults. Instead, we have lots of miserable children that later became miserable adults. This is a fact. We cannot change that.

I had learned that you should always shout louder than your aggressor.

I became the voice of a generation in a very surprising way, because many Iranians recognize themselves in it. But that is not what I wanted.