I think, just as footballers play better at home, maybe film-makers, too, create better at home, even though the rules of football… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I would say that no film is apolitical. There are politics in all films. Any film that is anchored in a society,… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
Whether you consider me a master filmmaker or not, I do it with my intuition and my vision, my experience as a… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
This [the earthquake] was a very big influence on me, and the issue of life and death from then on does recur… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
Close-Up is a very particular film in my oeuvre. It's a film that was made in a very particular way; mainly because… — 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
The film [Close Up] made itself, to a large extent. The characters involved were very real, I wasn't directing the actors so… — 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
It is a very important film, Life And Nothing More, in that what was filmed was inspired by a journey I had… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
My last experience of film-making was Tickets, a three-episode film in Italy, the third of which is directed by myself. It's not… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
In my films, I try to give people as little information as possible, which is still much more than what they get… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I prefer the films that put their audience to sleep in the theater. Some films have made me doze off in the… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I think I'm no different to my friends who are doctors or businessmen or architects - we all started watching films of… — 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 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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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'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 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 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
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![“The film [Close Up] made itself, to a large extent. The characters involved were very real, I wasn't directing the actors so much as being directed by them. So it was a very particular film.” quote by Abbas Kiarostami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e02/abbas-kiarostami-2631_actors_the-film-close-up-made-itself-to-a-large_3127328.jpg)
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![“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/quotes/i/f97/abbas-kiarostami-2631_children_i-had-intended-to-make-another-film-call_407453.jpg)
![“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/quotes/i/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/quotes/i/596/abbas-kiarostami-2631_anxiety_i-saw-this-french-woman-this-english-man_1627107.png)
