I think violence can never be justified. At the same time, nobody’s culture or beliefs should be insulted, that’s not something I… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I remember when I came out of an exam thinking I had done well and then I had a clue that maybe… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I think being someone in love is so hard to define, so temporary, because retrospectively we often deny the state in which… — 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 the contrast between these two in the professional world of cinema mattered to me. One who has reached the ultimate… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I think that in life, being is nothing but an illusion. If we acknowledge that and accept the fact that we are… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.' That's not… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I really haven't seen The Report in a long time. I don't have a copy, but I'll have to see it again.… — 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
When I'm in the process of making a movie I'm not thinking about the finished result, and whether people have to see… — 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 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 think that if you're a digital thinker, you can use a digital camera. — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
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
When you take a tree that is rooted in the ground, and transfer it from one place to another, the tree will… — 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
In my experience as a director, I think there is obviously something of the way men - maybe that's a common point… — 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 are certainties in existence, but love is something much harder to define than light and dark, life and death. I think… — 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
This kind of directing, I think, is very similar to being a football coach. You prepare your players and place them in… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I do think that we are sometimes, as directors, guilty of portraying or asking our actors to behave in certain ways that… — 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
I think life is so difficult to catch, it's so furtive, that a copy, a film, can in no way catch it… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
A work of art doesn't exist outside the perception of the audience. — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
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 Image
Unfortunately, cinema critics are very few in America, 400-500 people, but there are more critics of Iran. — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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