I Believe There's Only Good Cinema And

I Would Be Too Selfish If I Said Everyone Should See My Movies More Than Once. To Say That Would Mean I'm Just Marketing My Work!

What I Am Trying To Say Is That It Is Not Without Any Value. The Value Of Copies Is That They Can Direct Us Towards The Original. I Was Recently At The Louvre Museum And I Was Filming People Who Were Viewing The Mona Lisa. I Noticed The Number Of Ordinary People, Astonished, Mouths Agape, Standing Still For Long Stretches Looking At The Work, And I Wondered, "where Does This Come From? Are These People All Art Connoisseurs?" They Are Like Me; Through The Years, We've Seen This Work In Our Schoolbooks Or Art History Books, But When We Stand Before The Original, We Hold Our Breath.

Unfortunately, Cinema Critics Are Very Few In America, 400-500 People, But There Are More Critics Of Iran.

When I Find The Character, I Try To Spend Time With Them And Get To Know Them Very Well. Therefore My Notes Are Not From The Character That I Had In My Mind Before, But Are Instead Based On The People I've Met In Real Life.

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.