This is a real problem because people are interested to watch more movies but there is no opportunity.

Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.

Some movies bring out the creativity in you. Every single audience member can become creative in the face of a particular movie. If you happen to like my films, it's because my films provide a bed for you on which you can find your creativity. The Hollywood movies do not provide that for you.

Before the revolution we had 300 for six million people in Tehran, but now we have less than 200 for 16 million people.

I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!

I film normal-life subjects in natural settings that some people would consider uncinematic. But what I want to show is nature itself, as the truth of life.