I would like to send this message: I hope the decision will be taken to allow him to come. Asghar Farhadi More Quotes by Asghar Farhadi More Quotes From Asghar Farhadi The bigger confrontation is the one an individual has with itself. Asghar Farhadi confrontationindividualbigger Poetry, especially traditional Iranian poetry, is very good at looking at things from a number of different angles simultaneously. Asghar Farhadi angledifferentnumbers I would have had the same narrative, regardless of the atmosphere and the restrictions. Asghar Farhadi atmospherenarrativerestriction One of the biggest blessings in my life is that I have a very wonderful family, a lovely wife and two lovely daughters. Asghar Farhadi daughterblessingtwo One must never tell a child what it is they should display acting. Asghar Farhadi actingshouldchildren It was important to me to make a film where I don't show the past but where the spectators can see the past. Asghar Farhadi filmimportantpast I'm always careful about the thing I'm writing to make sure a viewer can imagine it happening to themselves. Asghar Farhadi carefulimaginewriting When I came to know theater, drama became valuable to me. Asghar Farhadi valuabletheaterdrama I always thought that in the countries that the modernity kicks in later, it seems that everything changes on the surface, the physical things change, but inside, things haven't changed, really. This is always the challenge of this kind of community, to make a harmony between the cultural traditions and the modernity of modern life. Asghar Farhadi communitychallengescountry I prefer to stay in my country. But this doesn't mean if someone does want to leave Iran, I think they've done something wrong - the desire to leave is completely understandable. Asghar Farhadi meancountrythinking There are those who simply want to live their lives, and feel they cannot live the way they want to in Iran. Others are ideologically motivated: They will stay no matter what and try to change things. Asghar Farhadi iranwanttrying When we talk about self-confrontations, we are speaking about moral issues rather than social issues. Asghar Farhadi issuesmoralself The fact that I do place music at the end of my films is not to accentuate the emotion. It serves an opposite purpose which is to remove them from the emotional space and allow them to enter a space of thinking, because I believe that when the audience is watching the film they're watching it with their feelings. Asghar Farhadi emotionalbelievethinking It's very difficult to talk about religion in Iran because religion has gotten so mixed up with politics. Asghar Farhadi difficultiran Each person makes their own choice, but my spirit is meant to stay in Iran, especially with the work that I do, and with the emotional connection I have with the country - with all its difficulties, this is why I stay. Asghar Farhadi iranemotionalcountry I like storytelling movies and more than that I like historical movies; and I think someday I'll definitely make a movie about the past 50 years history. Asghar Farhadi pastyearsthinking Working with children is very different than the way in which I work with adults. I never tell the children the actual truth of the thing that I want them to act. Although children are really into play and play acting, and this is a major part of their existence, they never actually find the playing or acting of adults credible. Asghar Farhadi actingplaychildren I feel its important to talk about the complex issues affecting us. Asghar Farhadi issuesimportantfeels The fact is I'm not making a film in order to draw pictures or make images about Iran. Asghar Farhadi iranorderfacts Often times, music is used to evoke an emotion and it's become a cliche, so I don't want to do that, and actually what I do, is that emotional intensity that has developed throughout the film, I allow it to get released by having that music at the end with the credits. Asghar Farhadi creditemotionalwant
