Actors love to do extreme things, so that is why they become actors; otherwise, they'd be novelists. — Zal Batmanglij Actor Copy Share Image
I think it's really important that you don't get caught up in the way the filmmaking community isolates you and the way… — Zal Batmanglij Being Copy Share Image
I think if aliens came to Earth, we would laugh. If there was an alien technology, we would laugh. — Zal Batmanglij Alien Copy Share Image
Especially in America, when you move away from home, sometimes you get disconnected with your grandparents, your friends you grew up with. — Zal Batmanglij America Copy Share Image
I think if there's anything 2016 has taught me, it's that we have a real hard time with women in our society;… — Zal Batmanglij Feminine Copy Share Image
I think we're really hungry for family in America, especially when I feel like people are really pulled apart from their families. — Zal Batmanglij America Copy Share Image
I don't understand how our story can be so bonkers, but 'Captain Marvel' isn't. A lot of the ideas in 'The OA'… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
Sarah Polley's 'Stories We Tell,' James Ponsoldt's 'The Spectacular Now,' Destin Daniel Cretton's 'Short Term 12' - these are really important movies. — Zal Batmanglij Film Copy Share Image
Group think and groups in general allow you to more fully give yourself to something other than yourself and your betterment -… — Zal Batmanglij Belonging Copy Share Image
It really ups your production value when you have one person that you can use as your avatar through a story, but… — Zal Batmanglij Couple Copy Share Image
I don't think we set out to make 'The East' in order to necessarily change people's hearts; I don't know how much… — Zal Batmanglij Change Copy Share Image
I think we're really hungry for family in America, especially when I feel like people are really pulled apart from their families.… — Zal Batmanglij America Copy Share Image
I always think that 'Sound of My Voice' is a movie about the crumbs in 'Hansel and Gretel.' You know, those crumbs.… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
That's the key thing I learned from making 'The East': It doesn't matter what happens in your life, good or bad. What… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
We would meet truck drivers, and they were like, ''Orange Is the New Black' is my favorite show.' And we're like, 'What?… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I loved 'Terminator 2' as a teenager and 'Sound of Music' when I was a kid. I also loved 'Requiem For A… — Zal Batmanglij College student Copy Share Image
A lot of people dub our work as New Age. But for some reason, they don't dub Stan Lee's work that way. — Zal Batmanglij Age Copy Share Image
I think about a lot of my favorite directors, and I think about their first films, and I have great admiration for… — Zal Batmanglij Admiration Copy Share Image
I think we have to go through a lot of rituals in order to fill the gap of meaning in our lives. — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
Claustrophobia is a theme that I feel is really rife in 'Sound of my Voice' and struggling to come up for air… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
To make 'Sound of My Voice,' we had to conceive the entire world and understand it holistically. If you want to show… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I think disparaging something you don't understand, while a very normal thing - I expect more from serious people. — Zal Batmanglij Disparaging 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
People don't really believe that their computer or sneakers are made by small hands, a child's hands, or a person who is… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I think that all the powerful religions are pretty much the same. People like to pretend they are very different, but they… — Zal Batmanglij Faith Copy Share Image
I don't know if any specific religion is the one to subscribe to. I'm not saying, one way or the other. I… — Zal Batmanglij Earth Copy Share Image
At AFI, you make three cycle films your first year, and then you make a thesis film your second year, and I… — Zal Batmanglij Cinema Copy Share Image
