Asghar Farhadi

I always feel that a viewer has an expectation about every moment of the film and where it's going, so if I…

— Asghar Farhadi

In my opinion when you speak about relationships between people, you are actually talking about everything in their world because everything is…

— Asghar Farhadi

I always thought that in the countries that the modernity kicks in later, it seems that everything changes on the surface, the…

— Asghar Farhadi

It's not some big event that creates the drama, it's the little things of everyday life that bring about that drama.

— Asghar Farhadi

Sometimes we feel like life is like theater, really.

— Asghar Farhadi

I really think that people who want to think more serious have to go and watch theater. Theater is a very sterilized…

— Asghar Farhadi

It's very difficult to talk about religion in Iran because religion has gotten so mixed up with politics.

— Asghar Farhadi

The bigger confrontation is the one an individual has with itself.

— Asghar Farhadi

I like storytelling, and for storytelling you need a drama. And for there to be drama, you need twists, and by twists…

— Asghar Farhadi

I gained a great deal from the period during which I worked in theater and I value those things a great deal.

— Asghar Farhadi

Working with children is very different than the way in which I work with adults. I never tell the children the actual…

— Asghar Farhadi

I'm always careful about the thing I'm writing to make sure a viewer can imagine it happening to themselves.

— Asghar Farhadi

Poetry, especially traditional Iranian poetry, is very good at looking at things from a number of different angles simultaneously.

— Asghar Farhadi

The fact is I'm not making a film in order to draw pictures or make images about Iran.

— Asghar Farhadi

When I came to know theater, drama became valuable to me.

— Asghar Farhadi

The fact that I do place music at the end of my films is not to accentuate the emotion. It serves an…

— Asghar Farhadi

I think that theater is the closest medium to music. It's very pure. It's for the elite of the society. It's not…

— Asghar Farhadi

Each person makes their own choice, but my spirit is meant to stay in Iran, especially with the work that I do,…

— Asghar Farhadi

I like storytelling movies and more than that I like historical movies; and I think someday I'll definitely make a movie about…

— Asghar Farhadi

Iranian filmmakers are not passive. They fight whenever they can, as creative expression means a lot to them. The restrictions and censorship…

— Asghar Farhadi

I feel it’s important to talk about the complex issues affecting us. And these are complex issues. I think it’s insulting to…

— Asghar Farhadi

When I decide to write a story, I don't think too much about what I want it to be, I just let…

— Asghar Farhadi

I prefer to stay in my country. But this doesn't mean if someone does want to leave Iran, I think they've done…

— Asghar Farhadi

I see screenwriting as a bit like a math equation which I have to solve.

— Asghar Farhadi