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When You Make A Book Or You Make A Movie, It Is Almost Like Hitting On Somebody. It's Not Because You Want To Seduce People That You Will Seduce Them; You Can Hit On Somebody And It Doesn't Work. But When You Hit On Them And It Works, Then It's Really Cool.

All Big Changes Of The World Come From Words.

Well, I Would Have Much Preferred To Have Had A Normal Childhood. I Would Have Loved It If My Greatest Dilemma, At 14, Was Whether To Go To Benetton For My Pullovers. I Would Have Preferred Not To Have Cried All The Tears I Have Cried.

I Call Iran Home Because No Matter How Long I Live In France, And Despite The Fact That I Feel Also French After All These Years, To Me The Word 'home' Has Only One Meaning: Iran. I Suppose It's That Way For Everyone: Home Is The Place Where One Is Born And Raised.

I Really Didn't Know What To Think About The Veil. Deep Down I Was Very Religious But As A Family We Were Very Modern And Avant-garde. I Was Born With Religion. At The Age Of Six I Was Already Sure I Was The Last Prophet. This Was Few Years Before The Revolution.