Iranian filmmakers are not passive. They fight whenever they can, as creative expression means a lot to them. The restrictions and censorship in Iran are a bit like the British weather: one day it's sunny, the next day it's raining.… — Asghar Farhadi Copy Share Image
I tend to jot down moments, lines, interactions that don't really make any sense. I try and explain these scattered notes to my close… — Asghar Farhadi Copy Share Image
It's a mistake and misconception to think that one has to state everything clearly and simply for the audience to be able to follow… — Asghar Farhadi Copy Share Image
Because I write the screenplay entirely and precisely, there is the danger that an actor might feel that this finite role is being imposed… — Asghar Farhadi Copy Share Image
Often times, music is used to evoke an emotion and it's become a cliche, so I don't want to do that, and actually what… — Asghar Farhadi Copy Share Image
Unless you're trying to make a movie on the sly, there's no way to get around this. If you want to use public spaces,… — Asghar Farhadi Copy Share Image
I think it's insulting to an audience to make them sit and watch a film and then give them a message in one sentence. — Asghar Farhadi Copy Share Image
I would have had the same narrative, regardless of the atmosphere and the restrictions. — Asghar Farhadi Copy Share Image
At the time when talk of war, intimidation, and aggression is exchanged between politicians, the name of their country, Iran, is spoken here through… — Asghar Farhadi Copy Share Image
It's been interesting to see how similar audiences in the East and West are, actually, and how it makes you realize that when politicians… — Asghar Farhadi Copy Share Image
Is there one specific source that determines correct morality and everybody should follow that? Or should individuals come up with following that source or… — Asghar Farhadi Copy Share Image
We always have the movies that are more toward real life, but they don't have that much drama or suspense, or we have the full of drama or suspense, but they're far away from real life. Always when I was watching a film, films with good drama, I was thinking, "I wish they were more close to real life." But… — Asghar Farhadi Copy Share
There are those who simply want to live their lives, and feel they cannot live the way they want to in Iran. Others are… — Asghar Farhadi Copy Share Image
