We lived on anarchist farms, squatted in the inner city, and hopped rail cars. We wanted to see how other young people… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I think disparaging something you don't understand, while a very normal thing - I expect more from serious people. — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
You think it's so cool to have movie stars in your movie, but they become people. — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
People are frustrated all over the country, whether they're in Oklahoma or Oregon or San Diego or San Francisco or L.A. or… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I think we're really hungry for family in America, especially when I feel like people are really pulled apart from their families. — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I think that all the powerful religions are pretty much the same. People like to pretend they are very different, but they… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
What I'm drawn to most as a filmmaker are these tribes that are seen as 'fringe' cultures. We live in a society… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I think we're really hungry for family in America, especially when I feel like people are really pulled apart from their families.… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I don't know if any specific religion is the one to subscribe to. I'm not saying, one way or the other. I… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
We're not trying to form a new religion. I think that all the powerful religions are pretty much the same. People like… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
And if you were a very sophisticated con artist, what would you do to convince people that you were from the future?… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I don't think we set out to make 'The East' in order to necessarily change people's hearts; I don't know how much… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I guess it the one consistent thing in my life was that sense of magic that film provide - I still remember the movies… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
Actors love to do extreme things, so that is why they become actors; otherwise, they'd be novelists. — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
We lived on anarchist farms, squatted in the inner city, and hopped rail cars. We wanted to see how other young people were creating… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
A film set is all about hierarchy, but I always like to think about the circus. In the circus, there's this real sense of… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I think if aliens came to Earth, we would laugh. If there was an alien technology, we would laugh. — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
'The Terminator' is grounded in so much realism. It's again a story that centers around a woman that isn't a 'woman's picture' necessarily. I… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
No one dives a dumpster like a rich kid dives a dumpster, because there's no shame. — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
A director really doesn't deal with performance that much, especially if you deal with great actors. Their work is the performance. What you're helping… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I stay away from the writing part because I think that if it sticks, it sticks. You just know it. The stuff that doesn't… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
On 'Sound of My Voice,' I was the first and last word, which is kind of a dictatorship. I like collectives, though. — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
