The calling of art is to extract us from our daily reality, to bring us to a hidden truth that's difficult to access - to a level that's not material but spiritual.
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From my very first movie, what was my concentration, my inspiration, was I didn't want to narrate something, I didn't want to tell a story. I wanted to show something, I wanted for them to make their own story from what they were seeing.
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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.
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In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.
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The world is my workshop. It is not my home.
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I think violence can never be justified.
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I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films.
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As film-makers, it is very important for us to find common ground between cultures, and maybe that's less the case for politicians who benefit more from finding the conflicts and differences between us.
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The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
