Religion Works On Some People But Not

I Thought That Choosing A Non-professional Was A Condition For Me, Because It Would Allow Juliette To Have A Less-professional Way Of Acting. It Would Challenge Her Performance As A Professional Actress.

When You Take A Tree That Is Rooted In The Ground, And Transfer It From One Place To Another, The Tree Will No Longer Bear Fruit. And If It Does, The Fruit Will Not Be As Good As It Was In Its Original Place. This Is A Rule Of Nature. I Think If I Had Left My Country, I Would Be The Same As The Tree.

This Was Pointed Out To Me By Somebody Who Referred To The Paintings Of Rembrandt And His Use Of Light: Some Elements Are Highlighted While Others Are Obscured Or Even Pushed Back Into The Dark. And It's Something That We Do - We Bring Out Elements That We Want To Emphasise.

If You Are A Businessman Or A Politician In Iran, You Can Get A Visa As Quickly As You Ask For It.

I Do Think That We Are Sometimes, As Directors, Guilty Of Portraying Or Asking Our Actors To Behave In Certain Ways That Are Perhaps Not Very Morally Acceptable. I'm Not The Only One.