Director Quote by Zal Batmanglij

I love James Cameron. I love what he does.

— Zal Batmanglij

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

Actors love to do extreme things, so that is why they become actors; otherwise, they'd be novelists.

— Zal Batmanglij

'Sound of My Voice' had been written before 'Another Earth.'

— Zal Batmanglij

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

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

I think if aliens came to Earth, we would laugh. If there was an alien technology, we would laugh.

— Zal Batmanglij

'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

No one dives a dumpster like a rich kid dives a dumpster, because there's no shame.

— Zal Batmanglij

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

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

On 'Sound of My Voice,' I was the first and last word, which is kind of a dictatorship. I like collectives, though.

— Zal Batmanglij