As long as I take the responsibility of the choice, I have to make the choice that is as right as possible.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMII really haven’t seen The Report in a long time. I don’t have a copy, but I’ll have to see it again. I think it would be good to put both these men next to each other.
More Abbas Kiarostami Quotes
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All the different nations in the world, despite their differences of appearance and religion and language and way of life, still have one thing in common, and that is what’s inside of all of us.
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It’s very true that non-actors feel more comfortable in front of a digital camera, without the lights and the large crowd around them, and we arrive at much more intimate moments with them.
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I never really learned photography.
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I think violence can never be justified. At the same time, nobody’s culture or beliefs should be insulted, that’s not something I can accept either. But I cannot justify or accept any violence at all.
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Unfortunately, cinema critics are very few in America, 400-500 people, but there are more critics of Iran.
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I think I really produce my best work in Iran.
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I only make notes, I don’t write dialogues in full. And the notes are very much based on my knowledge of person.
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I spend a lot of time doing carpentry. Sometimes there is nothing that gives me the contentment that sawing a piece of wood does.
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The only thing that I can do is hold a mirror in front of men and women, in front of the viewer in the theater, to reflect. There is nothing but reflection that I could intend to offer the viewer of the film.
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We are nothing but a link between our culture and what we can actually produce.
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My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that’s my perception of life.
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I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind.
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The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
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I can only display what I’ve been nurtured with, which is this worldview which has become my view. If I displayed anything different from it in my work, I wouldn’t deserve this heritage.
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In my opinion the man looks at the relationship in a more bitter fashion and the woman still holds great hopes.
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