I Don't Consider Myself As A Feminist

I Was A Westerner In Iran, An Iranian In The West. I Had No Identity. I Didn't Even Know Anymore Why I Was Living.

I Think The Best Work Of The Director Is To Listen To What All The Technicians Around Him Have To Say, But Then The Thing Is To Take The Best Decision, What You Think Is The Best. Then, That Is The Moment Where You Have To Have All The Film In Your Head And Imagine How All Of That Will Fit Together.

I Think Animation Is Like Running A Marathon, And Making A Movie Is Like A 100 Meter Sprint. The Question Is: Are You A Marathon Man Or Are You A Sprinter? I Realized That I Was More Of A Sprinter Than A Marathon Man. With A Long, Long Project, I Get Bored Easily.

For Me, Drawing Is A Question Of Death And Life. Every Day I Draw, I Write, I Do Something.

The Best Thing I Ever Did In My Life Was To Ask, 'do I Like Everybody?' And The Answer Was, 'no.' So Why Should Everybody Like Me? If People Are Against Me, So What? I'm Against Them Too.