Always Keep Your Dignity And Be True

I Became The Voice Of A Generation In A Very Surprising Way, Because Many Iranians Recognize Themselves In It. But That Is Not What I Wanted.

As A Director, You Have To Understand What Is Happening - If I Don't Understand It, You Can't Make Changes.

A Muslim Fanatic And A Christian Fanatic, A Jewish Fanatic, A Secular Fanatic, An Atheist Fanatic, A Communist Fanatic - All Of Them Are The Same. The Thinking That, 'if You Don't Think Like Me, That If You Are Not With Me, Then You Are Against Me;' This Is Something To Condemn.

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.

Comics Are Just Another Medium To Express Yourself. It's Not Cinema; It's Not Literature; It's Just Something Else. It Has A Specific Requirement, Which Is That Images Are Used To Tell The Story. There Are Lots Of Crappy Movies, With Guns And Action And Arnold Schwarzenegger Or Whatever.