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I think I really produce my best work in Iran.

Abbas Kiarostami

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.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

Accept Belief Insulted Justified Thinking Violence
I wasn’t searching for a common denominator – I started wondering about the challenge of working in other cultures. What I reached was the sudden acknowledgment of the universal aspect of filmmaking.
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Challenges Common Other Cultures
The digital camera has given me total freedom and a different way of filming.
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Camera Different Digital Filming Freedom Way
If it does, the fruit will not be as good as it was in its original place. This is a rule of nature. I think if I had left my country, I would be the same as the tree.
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Country Fruit Good Nature Original Rule
I remember when I came out of an exam thinking I had done well and then I had a clue that maybe one answer was wrong, I remembered that I rather stop knowing, stop thinking about it, appreciating life instead.
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Answer Appreciate Clue Exam Memories Remember Thinking Wrong
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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Front Hold Men Mirror Nothing Reflection Viewer
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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Deny Despite Differences Nation Race Ray Retrospectively Temporary World
I have no advice for anyone on how to live.
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Advice Anyone Ask Live Option
My car’s my best friend. My office. My home. My location. I have a very intimate sense when I am in a car with someone next to me. We’re in the most comfortable seats because we’re not facing each other, but sitting side by side.
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Best Car Friend Home Intimate Location Sense View
In order to be able to cooperate with a child, you have to come down to below their level in order to communicate with them. Actors are also like children.
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Actor Child Children Communicate Cooperate Level Order
Directors don’t always create, they can also destroy with too many demands.
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Always Create Demand Destroy Director
The experience of life teaches us that being like someone in love is more real, because everything is uncertain.
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Experience Life Love More Real Teach Uncertain
Therefore, when you see the end result, it’s difficult to see who’s the director, me or them. Ultimately, everything belongs to the actors – we just manage the situation.
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Actors End Belong Difficult Director Film Ultimately
My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that’s my perception of life.
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Complication Expression Life Mystery Perception Way
I do believe that a film like Ten could never have been made with a 35mm camera. The first part of the film lasts 17 minutes, and by the end of that part, the kid has totally forgotten the camera.
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Believe End Film Kids Camera Like Made Ten
Using non-actors has its own rules and really requires that you allow them to do their own thing.
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Actor Non Actor Own REquired Thing

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