Usually when I take my films to festivals, I feel incredibly anxious about them. I wonder how it will be received, how… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture. — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films. — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
There were years when Hitchcock was like a master to me, but now I think he's so artificial. I can watch films… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I don't ask my students to have studied film or any education in general. What I ask them is to come and… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I am still very surprised that I managed to make that film [Close Up]. When I actually look back on that film,… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I think it was [Jean-Luc] Godard who said that life is nothing but a bad copy of film, but then our ambition… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
With the RED, I didn't have this impression at all. I felt that it was as heavy as a film camera. Having… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
Maybe more than a teller, I am a story listener. I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
Digital photography is, by definition, unfinished. You don't feel that after every 24 or 36 shots you have to change your film… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
Whenever people ask me what the story is for my next film, I won't tell and people feel it's because I'm being… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
The fact of having this very new context, this unheard-of way of working, for me was very pleasant. I didn't feel that… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
Some movies bring out the creativity in you. Every single audience member can become creative in the face of a particular movie.… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I do believe that a film like Ten could never have been made with a 35mm camera. The first part of the… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I'm not sure that my films show the reality of life in Iran; we show different aspects of life. Iran is a… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I really think that I don't mind people sleeping during my films, because I know that some very good films might prepare… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
It was a film that I knew, that I had seen, that I was familiar with, but I wasn't anxious about it… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I often say to my students in workshops that if they are trying to find literary inspiration, they should not go and… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I saw this French woman, this English man in Italy. It was a film [Certified Copy] I knew well, but I had… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
It seems that film-makers are being divided between those working in digital and those who are not. I think it's not something… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I have somewhat lost my enthusiasm in the last years. Mainly because film students using digital video these days have not really… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
In this type of cinema, whether working with actors or non-actors, as much as you do direct them, if you allow yourself… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I never intended to write poems, nor to be a photographer, nor to be a film-maker. I just took many, many pictures… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
The only thing that I can do is hold a mirror in front of men and women, in front of the viewer… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I had intended to make another film, called Pocket Money, which was to be about children at a school. I was very… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
The [Iranian] government grapples with more important issues and we can maybe say that these films don't really exist for them. It's… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
When I talk to some of the younger filmmakers, they are so worried about their films that, eventually, this state of being… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I think violence can never be justified. At the same time, nobody’s culture or beliefs should be insulted, that’s not something I can accept… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share
I would say that no film is apolitical. There are politics in all films. Any film that is anchored in a society, any film… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share
In real life, when someone's partner calls them, they can tell from the first word their partner says what their mood is. — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share
I don't have very complete scripts for my films. I have a general outline and a character in my mind, and I make no… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share
This was pointed out to me by somebody who referred to the paintings of Rembrandt and his use of light: some elements are highlighted… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share
I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share
Unfortunately, cinema critics are very few in America, 400-500 people, but there are more critics of Iran. — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share
Usually when I take my films to festivals, I feel incredibly anxious about them. I wonder how it will be received, how the audience… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share
My car's my best friend. My office. My home. My location. I have a very intimate sense when I am in a car with… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share
It was a film that I knew, that I had seen, that I was familiar with, but I wasn't anxious about it at any… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share
I never intended to write poems, nor to be a photographer, nor to be a film-maker. I just took many, many pictures and I… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share
When the film [Certified Copy] was in the Cannes Festival, I realized that the fact of having it shot in a different culture, in… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share
Those same people, when they leave the theater, when they look behind the curtains they are curious about their neighbors, they can guess if… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share
There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience. — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share
![“I am still very surprised that I managed to make that film [Close Up]. When I actually look back on that film, I really feel that I was not the director but instead just a member of the audience.” quote by Abbas Kiarostami](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6c9/abbas-kiarostami-2631_audience_i-am-still-very-surprised-that-i-managed_1350509.png)
![“I think it was [Jean-Luc] Godard who said that life is nothing but a bad copy of film, but then our ambition must be to make better films and better shapes of forms that are given in life.” quote by Abbas Kiarostami](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/3d6/abbas-kiarostami-2631_ambition_i-think-it-was-jean-luc-godard-who-said_3006459.png)
![“The fact of having this very new context, this unheard-of way of working, for me was very pleasant. I didn't feel that I was working, that I had any kind of burden to wear, to carry. I really was very happy and very lighthearted during the whole process of making the film [Certified Copy], of…” quote by Abbas Kiarostami](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b24/abbas-kiarostami-2631_burden_the-fact-of-having-this-very-new-context_479999.png)
![“It was a film that I knew, that I had seen, that I was familiar with, but I wasn't anxious about it at any point during the screening. I snoozed twice, and this is something I couldn't have imagined that I would feel detached, as I did with this film [Certified Copy].” quote by Abbas Kiarostami](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/533/abbas-kiarostami-2631_anxious_it-was-a-film-that-i-knew-that-i-had-see_155328.png)
![“I saw this French woman, this English man in Italy. It was a film [Certified Copy] I knew well, but I had already seen it, and I was familiar with it, and I had no feeling of anxiety or responsibility toward it.” quote by Abbas Kiarostami](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/596/abbas-kiarostami-2631_anxiety_i-saw-this-french-woman-this-english-man_1627107.png)
![“I had intended to make another film, called Pocket Money, which was to be about children at a school. I was very much intrigued by the story [of Close Up] - it came into my dreams and I was very much influenced by it. So I called my producer and asked that we put aside Pocket Money and start…” quote by Abbas Kiarostami](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f97/abbas-kiarostami-2631_children_i-had-intended-to-make-another-film-call_407453.jpg)
![“The [Iranian] government grapples with more important issues and we can maybe say that these films don't really exist for them. It's not about whether they like it or don't; it's just not very important to them.” quote by Abbas Kiarostami](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e5d/abbas-kiarostami-2631_film_the-iranian-government-grapples-with-mor_2530451.png)
