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When I Talk To Some Of The Younger Filmmakers, They Are So Worried About Their Films That, Eventually, This State Of Being Worried Reflects Itself In And Helps The Final Work. Whereas, With Projects That Are Meticulously Planned, You Look At The End Result And It Is Full Of Emptiness.

This Was Pointed Out To Me By Somebody Who Referred To The Paintings Of Rembrandt And His Use Of Light: Some Elements Are Highlighted While Others Are Obscured Or Even Pushed Back Into The Dark. And It's Something That We Do - We Bring Out Elements That We Want To Emphasise.

I Can Only Display What I've Been Nurtured With, Which Is This Worldview Which Has Become My View. If I Displayed Anything Different From It In My Work, I Wouldn't Deserve This Heritage.

Having An International Voice Is Not Really About Whether We Speak Persian Or Any Other Language.

The Kind Of Sleep That I Had During My Own Film [certified Copy] Screening In Cannes Is Different. It's Not Because Of The Specificity Of The Film. It Was Because Of My Relationship As An Author To This Film. Usually When I Take My Films To Festivals, I Feel Incredibly Anxious About Them. I Wonder How It Will Be Received, How The Audience Will React. I Feel Deeply Responsible For Them. Whereas This Time, I Didn't Have That Responsibility On My Shoulders.