Start [the Movie] In Color. Color Is

I Think The Best Work Of The Director Is To Listen To What All The Technicians Around Him Have To Say, But Then The Thing Is To Take The Best Decision, What You Think Is The Best. Then, That Is The Moment Where You Have To Have All The Film In Your Head And Imagine How All Of That Will Fit Together.

I'd Heard So Many Stupidities About My Country Since I Left Iran. People Had Watched This Stupid Movie Not Without My Daughter [in Which Sally Field Plays An American Who Rescues Her Daughter From Her Estranged In-laws In Iran]; I Heard So Many Things Like That. I Did Not Make Persepolis For Iranians. It Was My Answer To The Rest Of The World, To Say, "let Me Give You Another Point Of View."

Imagine If I Cannot Stand Someone And Every Day He Is Here In My Face, Then I Cannot Work. Then, The Whole Time, I Am Thinking "i Hate Him, I Hate Him." But If I Love Him Or I Love Her, Then I Can Do Anything, Then I Am Comfortable. That's Why It's So Important To Be Surrounded By People That You Really Like.

I Am Absolutely Not A Feminist, I Am Against Stupidity, And If It Comes From Males Or Females, It Doesn't Change Anything. If It Means That Women And Men, They Are Equal, Then Ok, Certainly I Am A Feminist.

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.