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With Live-action I Think We'd Have Lost The Universal Appeal Of The Persepolis Story. With Live-action, It Would Have Turned Into A Story Of 'the Other' - People Living In A Distant Land Who Don't Look Like Us. It Might Have Been Exotic, But Also A "third-world" Story.

I Think That All Stories - If You Make Movies About Zombies And Aliens - It Has Always To Do With Your Personal Story. If Not Directly, It Is About Your Fears, Your Obsessions, Things Like That.

I Don't Like The Word 'autobiography.' I Rather Like The Term 'autofiction.' The Second You Make A Script Out Of The Story Of Your Life, It Becomes Fictional. Of Course, The Truth Is Never Far. But The Story Is Created Out Of It.

The Movie Business Is Not About The Money. Of Course, You Need Money To Make The Movie. If You Have A Small Budget, Adapt Yourself. Having $200 Million Dollars Doesn't Ensure That You're Definitely Going To Make A Good Movie. There's So Many Examples That Prove That.

If You Have A Little Sensibility Or A Heart, You Have All The Reason To Be Depressed Once In A While. But The Depression Is Like A Motor For Creation. I Need A Little Bit Of Depression, A Bit Of Acid In My Stomach, To Be Able To Create. When I'm Happy, I Just Want To Dance.