Some movies bring out the creativity in you. Every single audience member can become creative in the face of a particular movie. If you happen to like my films, it’s because my films provide a bed for you on which you can find your creativity. The Hollywood movies do not provide that for you. Abbas Kiarostami Read Quote
I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns. Abbas Kiarostami Read Quote
If you catch me coming out of a film, when I’m emotionally involved, I can tell you at that moment why I like it – but to talk about it years later is not logical to me. Abbas Kiarostami Read Quote
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. Abbas Kiarostami Read Quote
I film normal-life subjects in natural settings that some people would consider uncinematic. But what I want to show is nature itself, as the truth of life. Abbas Kiarostami Read Quote
My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated. Abbas Kiarostami Read Quote
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. Abbas Kiarostami Read Quote
If you are a businessman or a politician in Iran, you can get a visa as quickly as you ask for it. Abbas Kiarostami Read Quote
I don’t know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate, but I have no such thing as national pride. I don’t feel proud that I am Iranian. I happen to be who I am. Abbas Kiarostami Read Quote
