I'm Still Very Grateful To

My Films Have Been Progressing Towards A Certain Kind Of Minimalism, Even Though It Was Never Intended. Elements Which Can Be Eliminated Have Been Eliminated.

In This Type Of Cinema, Whether Working With Actors Or Non-actors, As Much As You Do Direct Them, If You Allow Yourself To Be Directed By Them, Then The End Result Will Be Much More Pleasing. The Real And Individual Strengths Of The Actors Is Allowed To Be Expressed And Is Something That Does Affect The Audience Very Deeply.

The Experience Of Life Teaches Us That Being Like Someone In Love Is More Real, Because Everything Is Uncertain.

When You Take A Tree That Is Rooted In The Ground, And Transfer It From One Place To Another, The Tree Will No Longer Bear Fruit. And If It Does, The Fruit Will Not Be As Good As It Was In Its Original Place. This Is A Rule Of Nature. I Think If I Had Left My Country, I Would Be The Same As The Tree.

The Iranian Government As A Whole Has No Relationship With My Films. They're Not Particularly Interested, Perhaps This Kind Of Cinema Is Not Very Interesting To Them.