You Know, The Cynicism That

A Well-trained Cat Doesn't Exist Because A Cat Remains A Cat.

I'd Heard So Many Stupidities About My Country Since I Left Iran. People Had Watched This Stupid Movie Not Without My Daughter [in Which Sally Field Plays An American Who Rescues Her Daughter From Her Estranged In-laws In Iran]; I Heard So Many Things Like That. I Did Not Make Persepolis For Iranians. It Was My Answer To The Rest Of The World, To Say, "let Me Give You Another Point Of View."

With Animation, If Something Does Not Fit, You Always Have The Time To Change It. When You Make A Live-action Movie, When Your Days Of Shooting Are Over, They Are Over Forever.

Adaptation Of Books Is Never A Success. When The Author Wants To Make It, It's Even Worse.

I Don't Like The Word 'autobiography.' I Rather Like The Term 'autofiction.' The Second You Make A Script Out Of The Story Of Your Life, It Becomes Fictional. Of Course, The Truth Is Never Far. But The Story Is Created Out Of It.