Abbas Kiarostami Quotes

The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
The world is my workshop. It is not my home.
There are at least two retrospectives of my work each year in some country.
There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience.
To me, AIDS is an international epidemic and every country can be affected by it. Therefore, it can be discussed on an international level. Unfortunately, AIDS doesn't require a visa.
Usually when I take my films to festivals, I feel incredibly anxious about them. I wonder how it will be received, how the audience will react. I feel deeply responsible for them.
Usually when I write a script, I have in mind some real people that I'm writing about, who don't always act in the film afterward.
When I talk to some of the younger filmmakers, they are so worried about their films that, eventually, this state of being worried reflects itself in and helps the final work. Whereas, with projects that are meticulously planned, you look at the end result and it is full of emptiness.
Whenever people ask me what the story is for my next film, I won't tell and people feel it's because I'm being secretive or something, but it's actually because I'm ashamed to sum up a film in three sentences.
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Abbas Kiarostami
Profession
Director
BirthDate
22 June, 1940
DeathDate
04 July, 2016
Country
Iran
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