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It's the governments that create the problems. People are fun; people get along. People in Iran really love Americans. There is no problem between us.

From Asghar Farhadi

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

From Asghar Farhadi

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.

From Asghar Farhadi

Doing interviews about my films really bothers me sometimes, because I have to speak directly and clearly about things I've intended to keep ambiguous, and in a way, I feel like I'm betraying my film.

From Asghar Farhadi

I have two daughters.

From Asghar Farhadi

I really think of myself just as a filmmaker.

From Asghar Farhadi

I lived in Paris for two years with my family. I would roam the streets of Paris during the day for a few hours in the subway, on the streets, and I listened to the French language, and I got a sense of the rhythm and the melody of the language.

From Asghar Farhadi

During all of my writing career - this includes when I was writing plays and my other screenplays - I don't recall ever writing a negative character, which does not mean that my characters aren't flawed or do not make mistakes. In actual fact, they all are quite flawed.

From Asghar Farhadi

I don't have a problem if someone else were to say that one of my characters is a good one and another one is not and is a bad one. I try myself not to have any judgment towards my characters, but certainly the audience might.

From 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.

From Asghar Farhadi

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