I wouldn't necessarily recommend shooting a feature film on a still camera. — Zal Batmanglij Camera Copy Share Image
I thought 'Gone Baby Gone' was really modern in showing a couple going on an adventure. — Zal Batmanglij Adventure Copy Share Image
If you really want to have an anarchist experience, make a movie with a studio. — Zal Batmanglij Anarchist Copy Share Image
I went to graduate school for directing at AFI in L.A., and I wanted to be a director. — Zal Batmanglij Cinema 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
I feel like I studied anthropology in college for a reason. — Zal Batmanglij Anthropology Copy Share Image
I think that the campaign that Fox Searchlight has thrown for 'Sound of My Voice' honors the film's roots and the film's… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
In film, it is always collaborative, and so to me, it doesn't make sense to not be collaborative in one of its… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
When I was 14, I saw 'Terminator 2.' My mind was blown. What a beautiful movie. I found it really deep and… — Zal Batmanglij Beautiful Copy Share Image
The beauty of 'The OA' or 'Stranger Things' is that they are both made by Netflix for Netflix. And so there was… — Zal Batmanglij Beauty Copy Share Image
I guess it the one consistent thing in my life was that sense of magic that film provide - I still remember… — Zal Batmanglij Childhood Copy Share Image
We're taught that food in a dumpster is waste. But when you find bags of bread that are perfectly good, all of… — Zal Batmanglij Bread 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 Computers Copy Share Image
You just have to make sure you keep living your life, challenging yourself, putting yourself in unusual experiences, thinking about what you're… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I remember in grade school having a group of friends and enjoying that sense of community, enjoying living in an imaginary world… — Zal Batmanglij Brotherhood 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… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
We entered 'Lucid Grey' into the Georgetown festival on April 27, 2001. Now 'Sound of My Voice' is opening on April 27,… — Zal Batmanglij April 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'… — Zal Batmanglij Film 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 Art 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
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
The first time I ever tried edamame, I thought it was gross. I didn't understand the hairy skin. It didn't taste good… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
The country gets so beat up in the media. It's worth remembering how much we love America. — Zal Batmanglij America 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 Books Copy Share Image
In every public space, everyone has their head down on their phone. Including me. — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I don't want to make a 100 hundred million dollar movie I have no stake in. — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
You can't just express yourself and it becomes a movie. You have to get beyond that. — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
Whatever you think of Edward Snowden, it took bravery to do what he did. — Zal Batmanglij Bravery 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
It's funny how you never know who you're going to share your life with. — Zal Batmanglij Funny Copy Share Image
We explored cults in 'Sound of My Voice.' I think cults have an underlying spiritual quality. — Zal Batmanglij Cults Copy Share Image
When I call 'Action,' I love to be surprised. And the actors I've been fortunate enough to work with always surprise me… — Zal Batmanglij Action 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… — Zal Batmanglij Anarchist Copy Share Image
Any director who's willing to be brave not only in terms of subject matter but also in terms of being emotional and… — Zal Batmanglij Brave Copy Share Image
