I'm Not A Religious Person At All.

I Had Two Major Activities As A Child. I Was Trying To Put On Shows With Kids In My Street, Or I Was Drawing. Actually, What I'm Doing Now Is Exactly What I Was Doing Then. Either I'm Drawing, Or I'm Gathering People For A Common Project. The Only Difference Is That Now They Are Paying Me For That.

I Was In Love With Darth Vader. He Was Extremely Sexy To Me. Once I Had Almost A Sexual Dream About Darth Vader. At The Moment He Was About To Pull His Helmet Off, My Husband Woke Me Up And I Was So Annoyed. I Told Him, "i Was On My Way To Kiss Darth Vader."

Imagine If I Cannot Stand Someone And Every Day He Is Here In My Face, Then I Cannot Work. Then, The Whole Time, I Am Thinking "i Hate Him, I Hate Him." But If I Love Him Or I Love Her, Then I Can Do Anything, Then I Am Comfortable. That's Why It's So Important To Be Surrounded By People That You Really Like.

I'd Heard So Many Stupidities About My Country Since I Left Iran. People Had Watched This Stupid Movie Not Without My Daughter [in Which Sally Field Plays An American Who Rescues Her Daughter From Her Estranged In-laws In Iran]; I Heard So Many Things Like That. I Did Not Make Persepolis For Iranians. It Was My Answer To The Rest Of The World, To Say, "let Me Give You Another Point Of View."

With Animation, If Something Does Not Fit, You Always Have The Time To Change It. When You Make A Live-action Movie, When Your Days Of Shooting Are Over, They Are Over Forever.