I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind.

I think I really produce my best work in Iran.

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.

I really think that I don't mind people sleeping during my films, because I know that some very good films might prepare you for sleeping or falling asleep or snoozing. It's not to be taken badly at all. This is something I really mean.

Usually when I write a script, I have in mind some real people that I'm writing about, who don't always act in the film afterward.

I never really learned photography.