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I used to believe that people are only born once, but now I feel I have been reborn, like I was given a new life. I see myself as a child, full of energy and hope.

~Bahman Ghobadi

Topics: Been Believe Born Child Energy Feel Full Given Hope Life Like Myself New New Life Now Once Only People Reborn See Used I See I Feel

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In my view, the adults are the burnt generation of Iraq for whom nothing can be done. But for the children, we can worry now, we can talk about them, we can plan for them, we can get our protest heard by others.

~Bahman Ghobadi

Topics: About Adult Burnt Children Done Generation Get Heard Iraq Nothing Now Others Our Plan Protest Talk Them View Whom Worry

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I use humour a lot. My foundation is tragic, but my appearance is humorous.

~Bahman Ghobadi

Topics: Appearance Foundation Humorous Humour Lot Tragic Use

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In Kurdistan, there's a lot of hardship - a lot of wars, a lot of bitter and difficult lifestyles. And witnessing all those made me a director.

~Bahman Ghobadi

Topics: Bitter Difficult Director Hardship Lifestyles Lot Made Me Those Wars Witnessing

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I didn't have the welfare. I didn't have the proper education. I didn't have these things. That's why it's almost like a complex in me that I want to explode myself in my films.

~Bahman Ghobadi

Topics: Almost Complex Education Explode Films Like Me Myself Proper Things Want Welfare Why

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In Iranian cinema, all the lying takes place before making the film. In order to be able to make the film, you have to lie.

~Bahman Ghobadi

Topics: Able Before Cinema Film Iranian Lie Lying Make Making Order Place Takes You

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I often ask myself, 'Why is it that most of the lies come out of Islamic countries, and why is it that most of the social corruptions are in the Middle East and in these Islamic countries?' The answer is, when you control something, when you suppress something, people try to do it another way.

~Bahman Ghobadi

Topics: Another Another Way Answer Ask Come Control Countries East Islamic Lies Middle Middle East Most Myself Often Out People Social Something Something People Suppress Try Way Why You

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Lying and corruption are in the Iranian society in all sense of the world, and if you do research about married women, you see that a lot of them tell you they get a lot of enjoyment from breaking the rules of corruption, because just for the fact that they break the rules, it makes them oppose the system.

~Bahman Ghobadi

Topics: About Because Break Breaking Corruption Enjoyment Fact Get Iranian Just Lot Lying Makes Married Oppose Research Rules See Sense Society System Tell Them Women World You

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I love music; I come from a region of Kurdistan that is a base for music.

~Bahman Ghobadi

Topics: Base Come Love Music Region I Love

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I always loved music, and I always wanted to make a film about it, but I could never do it because of the censorship that was around.

~Bahman Ghobadi

Topics: About Always Around Because Censorship Could Film Loved Make Music Never Wanted

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Biography

Nationality: Iranian

Type: Diplomat

Born: February 1st, 1969

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