All Mohsen Makhmalbaf Quotes
- The style depends on the subject. Depends
- Because there is so little room for expression otherwise, a lot of people love cinema because they find it a way of expressing themselves. Cinema
- It was really bizarre, that Sabzian business. You know I had no interest in being photographed before this incident. But then not just Sabzian—many other… Actually Got
- I was in jail four and a half years. When I came out, I continued the same struggle against injustice, but instead of using weapons,… Art
- From 7 in the morning to 11 at night, I was reading. I don't think one can find any other time in one's life to… Alone
- When I came out, and for many years afterwards, it had become a habit for me to sit and read and read and read, like… Afterwards
- Afghan society is very complex, and Afghanistan has a very complex culture. Part of the reason it has remained unknown is because of this complexity. Afghan
- But also, there are no films being made about Afghanistan. Afghanistan
- The Buddhas had to be destroyed by the Taliban to get the world thinking about Afghanistan. Afghanistan
- Do you know that every day, 10 people in Afghanistan are injured by landmines? It will continue for the next 50 years, because the country… Afghanistan
- Usually people like to categorise artists. With my films, I categorise people: if I know which one of my movies you like, I can tell… Artist
- From my films, you can at least learn about Iran, you can get a sense of the history and the society. But no such films… Afghanistan
- I myself had to grow a longer beard and Afghan clothes. I was in danger of being kidnapped by smugglers, though I didn't know it… Afghan
- I wanted to be left alone to live my life, so it was very easy for people to pretend that they were me. Alone
- I'm not playing myself. It's a symbolic situation, where I want to introduce a fascist behind the table. I couldn't have had anybody else do… Anybody
- If I make two films in a year, they'll be different. This is my style - I can't have just one way. Film
- In many ways, it is very real, because I sat there for 9 days, and it was constantly happening, and that was the 9 days… Been
- The question in their minds was, why did the outside world, and particularly the Western world, produce all these landmines, and send them to Afghanistan?… Afghanistan
- When we began filming, these people had legs, but as we were filming, they had been injured and they were brought to the hospital to… Amputated
- There's an 800 kilometer border between Iran and Afghanistan. Afghanistan
- Rumi, who is one of the greatest Persian poets, said that the truth was a mirror in the hands of God. It fell, and broke… Broke
- In Afghanistan, this is the problem, because everybody holds a piece of that mirror, and they all look at it and claim that they hold… Afghanistan
- A problem was the lack of cooperation of the Afghan community itself. The women, though living in Iran, were under cover and not willing to… Afghan
- Five years ago, Samira did not want to continue in the regular school system in Iran. To help her with her education, I set up… Ago
- I've heard about brothers making films, but I've never heard about whole families making films like this. We didn't intend to do it; it wasn't… Brothers