If I make two films in a year, they'll be different. This is my style - I can't have just one way.

Afghan society is very complex, and Afghanistan has a very complex culture. Part of the reason it has remained unknown is because of this complexity.

Usually people like to categorise artists. With my films, I categorise people: if I know which one of my movies you like, I can tell which kind of a person you are.

But also, there are no films being made about Afghanistan.

The Buddhas had to be destroyed by the Taliban to get the world thinking about Afghanistan.

I wanted to be left alone to live my life, so it was very easy for people to pretend that they were me.

Do you know that every day, 10 people in Afghanistan are injured by landmines? It will continue for the next 50 years, because the country has the largest number of landmines in the world.