“I have scars from every film I have made. There is nothing to protect ...” — Golshifteh Farahani Quote

“I have scars from every film I have made. There is nothing to protect actors. They treat you worse than a dog. You work like a slave, and you know, I like it. That is the way it should be. Every film should be like your last.”

“I don't believe I could live in Iran again. A tree, once uprooted from the earth, is very difficult to plant again.”

“I had to tell people I was not born with a scarf because I came out Iran. People think you came out of your mother with a scarf; they can't imagine that the scarf is not stuck to your head.”

“I've worked with actors who are like, 'I don't even want to know where the camera is; I just want to feel like this is a real, human moment.' I really love that; but also I think there's that producer side of me - and also that side of me who wants to make things - where it's actually interesting for me to know what the frame is.”

“With 'Stones is His Pockets' you have effectively a bare stage with two actors and yet a whole world in rural Ireland is created. There's the countryside, the bar interior, the dressing room and the star's bedroom.”