Asghar Farhadi Quotes

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Asghar Farhadi

Profession : Director

Birth : January 1, 1972

I would have had the same narrative, regardless of the atmosphere and the restrictions.

Asghar Farhadi

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

Asghar Farhadi

I think every human being in the world appreciates being encouraged and acknowledged.

Asghar Farhadi

The process of writing is like creating a game of dominoes: The first domino creates the second incident, and so forth until the end.

Asghar Farhadi

I have two daughters.

Asghar Farhadi

The success of one film may convince the filmmaker to try repeat his successes and get into a competition with himself. One cannot dwell on periodic successes. You have to look at it as a temporary, passing thing.

Asghar Farhadi

For me, character comes from a specific condition or situation. I cannot really define a character outside that situation.

Asghar Farhadi

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

It's not some big event that creates the drama, it's the little things of everyday life that bring about that drama.

Asghar Farhadi

You can make a film in a way that, when the audience leaves the theater, they leave with certain answers in their head. But when you leave them with answers, you interrupt the process of thinking. If, instead, you raise questions about the themes and the story, this means that the audience is on its way to start thinking.

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I always feel that a viewer has an expectation about every moment of the film and where it's going, so if I act against that, I've created a twist. In fact, it becomes a kind of game with the expectations of the viewer. This is the superficial appearance. In the layer beneath, there is a hidden theme.

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I think it's insulting to an audience to make them sit and watch a film and then give them a message in one sentence.

Asghar Farhadi

Whenever I write a part, I think there's this person somewhere in the world that this part is specifically for, and all I have to do is go searching to find that particular individual.

Asghar Farhadi

I try very hard to write in a very orderly and continual disciplined manner.

Asghar Farhadi