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If you are a businessman or a politician in Iran, you can get a visa as quickly as you ask for it.

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Abbas Kiarostami
Age: 75 †
Born: 1940
Born: January 1
Died: 2016
Died: January 1
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Teheran
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It's true that the best way of knowing yourself is to put yourself into different situations.
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I think I really produce my best work in Iran.
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The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
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Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life.
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This was pointed out to me by somebody who referred to the paintings of Rembrandt and his use of light: some elements are highlighted while others are obscured or even pushed back into the dark. And it's something that we do - we bring out elements that we want to emphasise.
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Therefore, when you see the end result, it's difficult to see who's the director, me or them. Ultimately, everything belongs to the actors - we just manage the situation.
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In my mind, there isn't as much of a distinction between documentary and fiction as there is between a good movie and a bad one.
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I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind.
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I really think that I don't mind people sleeping during my films, because I know that some very good films might prepare you for sleeping or falling asleep or snoozing. It's not to be taken badly at all.
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Whether you consider me a master filmmaker or not, I do it with my intuition and my vision, my experience as a storyteller.
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Using non-actors has its own rules and really requires that you allow them to do their own thing.
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I believe there's only good cinema and bad cinema.
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Anything I've not experienced I do not look to for a subject. I have to feel it.
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My car is my best friend. My office. My home. My location. I have a very intimate sense when I am in a car with someone next to me. We're in the most comfortable seats because we're not facing each other, but sitting side by side.
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I was mentioning with the digital camera, maybe this new fashion of filmmaking gives a closer look of what life may be like. But it's still nothing but a copy.
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