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'the Jungle Book.' It's One Of The Best Animated Films Ever. I Saw It When I Was Small At A Cinema In Tehran.

Words Also Are Filters. They Have To Be Translated. Even In The Original Language, There Is Interpretation And Some Ambiguity. If There's A Cultural Difference Between The Writer And The Reader, That Might Come Out In Words. But With Pictures, There's More Efficiency.

I Almost Don't Know How To Write An Email.

I Chose The Actors That I Was In Love With. I Cannot Work With People That I Don't Personally Like A Lot. They Can Be The Best Actor In The World, But If The First Contact Is Not Good, If I Don't Fall In Love With Them, Then I Don't Want To Work With Them. It's Impossible.

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.