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Unless you're trying to make a movie on the sly, there's no way to get around this. If you want to use public spaces, film on the streets, have the cooperation of the police, you have to have a permit.

~Asghar Farhadi

Topics: Around Cooperation Film Get Make Movie Permit Police Public Sly Spaces Streets Trying Unless Use Want Way You

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The fact is I'm not making a film in order to draw pictures or make images about Iran.

~Asghar Farhadi

Topics: About Draw Fact Film Images Iran Make Making Order Pictures

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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

Topics: Cannot Change Change Things Feel Iran Live Lives Matter Motivated Others Simply Stay Things Those Try Want Way Who Will

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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

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I feel that it means a lot to the people of Iran that my film is represented at the Oscars, and it makes me happy to bring them that joy, that I'm representing them and that I'm able to give them that element of pleasure to be the envoy from Iran. It's a very pleasant thing.

~Asghar Farhadi

Topics: Able Bring Element Feel Film Give Happy Iran Joy Lot Makes Me Means Oscars People Pleasant Pleasant Thing Pleasure Representing Them Thing Very I Feel

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I gained a great deal from the period during which I worked in theater and I value those things a great deal.

~Asghar Farhadi

Topics: Deal Gained Great Great Deal Period Theater Things Those Value Which Worked

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When I came to know theater, drama became valuable to me.

~Asghar Farhadi

Topics: Became Came Drama Know Me Theater Valuable I Came

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Poetry, especially traditional Iranian poetry, is very good at looking at things from a number of different angles simultaneously.

~Asghar Farhadi

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It's been interesting to see how similar audiences in the East and West are, actually, and how it makes you realize that when politicians emphasize the differences between our cultures, it's usually because it benefits them more so than us.

~Asghar Farhadi

Topics: Actually Audiences Because Been Benefits Between Cultures Differences East Emphasize How Interesting Makes More Our Politicians Realize See Similar Than Them Us West You

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For the Americans, it is not attractive to hear what the similarities are between them and the Iranian people. It is attractive to hear how different the Iranians are.

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Topics: American Attractive Between Different Hear How Iranian Iranians People Similarities Them

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Biography

Nationality: Iranian

Type: Director

Born: January 1st, 1972

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