Asghar Farhadi Quotes

There Is No Privilege In Restriction. In Other Words, I Disagree With People Who Say Restriction Makes You More Creative. I Think That's A Misleading Slogan. I Might Have Been More Creative Without Them Than With Them.

One Of The Biggest Blessings In My Life Is That I Have A Very Wonderful Family, A Lovely Wife And Two Lovely Daughters.

I Feel Its Important To Talk About The Complex Issues Affecting Us.

I Gained A Great Deal From The Period During Which I Worked In Theater And I Value Those Things A Great Deal.

Each Person Makes Their Own Choice, But My Spirit Is Meant To Stay In Iran, Especially With The Work That I Do, And With The Emotional Connection I Have With The Country - With All Its Difficulties, This Is Why I Stay.

I Really Think That People Who Want To Think More Serious Have To Go And Watch Theater. Theater Is A Very Sterilized Art Form. Not As Much As Music, But Very Close To Music.

I Prefer To Stay In My Country. But This Doesn't Mean If Someone Does Want To Leave Iran, I Think They've Done Something Wrong - The Desire To Leave Is Completely Understandable.

When I Came To Know Theater, Drama Became Valuable To Me.

There Are Those Who Simply Want To Live Their Lives, And Feel They Cannot Live The Way They Want To In Iran. Others Are Ideologically Motivated: They Will Stay No Matter What And Try To Change Things.

Often Times, Music Is Used To Evoke An Emotion And It's Become A Cliche, So I Don't Want To Do That, And Actually What I Do, Is That Emotional Intensity That Has Developed Throughout The Film, I Allow It To Get Released By Having That Music At The End With The Credits.

I Like Storytelling Movies And More Than That I Like Historical Movies; And I Think Someday I'll Definitely Make A Movie About The Past 50 Years History.

The Fact Is I'm Not Making A Film In Order To Draw Pictures Or Make Images About Iran.