I Think That Theater Is The Closest

I See Screenwriting As A Bit Like A Math Equation Which I Have To Solve.

The Fact That I Do Place Music At The End Of My Films Is Not To Accentuate The Emotion. It Serves An Opposite Purpose Which Is To Remove Them From The Emotional Space And Allow Them To Enter A Space Of Thinking, Because I Believe That When The Audience Is Watching The Film They're Watching It With Their Feelings.

Working With Children Is Very Different Than The Way In Which I Work With Adults. I Never Tell The Children The Actual Truth Of The Thing That I Want Them To Act. Although Children Are Really Into Play And Play Acting, And This Is A Major Part Of Their Existence, They Never Actually Find The Playing Or Acting Of Adults Credible.

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.

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.