I stay away from the writing part because I think that if it sticks, it sticks. You just know it. The stuff… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I think if I was interested in writing on my own, I would be a novelist - then you could write about… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
It took us nine months to write 'The East'; we didn't start writing it on the computer until seven and a half… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
We want to make a 100 million dollar movie that we have created, in the way James Cameron or Chris Nolan does.… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
A novel is both a story and a piece of writing. A movie is a story and a piece of filmmaking. — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
It's very important for us because we are viewers, first and foremost. We view more than we make. For us, it's important… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
When I was 17, I grew from being something like 5'2'' to 6 foot - I grew a lot - and I… — 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
