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.
Mohsen MakhmalbafI wanted to be left alone to live my life, so it was very easy for people to pretend that they were me.
Mohsen MakhmalbafThe Buddhas had to be destroyed by the Taliban to get the world thinking about Afghanistan.
Mohsen MakhmalbafBecause there is so little room for expression otherwise, a lot of people love cinema because they find it a way of expressing themselves.
Mohsen Makhmalbaf