I think I really produce my best work in Iran.

I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.

I think violence can never be justified.

I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films.

A work of art doesn't exist outside the perception of the audience.

I think my best work has been in France with great men. It's been my great fortune to work with really great men - with Olivier Assayas, Raoul Ruiz, Jacques Rivette. I am tutored by them.