“It feels very, very good to make a film freely, to work without having...” — Bahman Ghobadi Quote

“It feels very, very good to make a film freely, to work without having to wait years for script approval, without looking over your shoulder.”

“I'm free - but I'm also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only do a little.”

“I went to underground music studios. In the studios, I learned that you can make a movie without a permit.”

“I always seek people's approval and I'm always never good enough.”

“But things such as 'Harry Potter', all I can do is shape my character, seek the director's approval on that, and basically take it from there. Professor Flitwick in 'Harry Potter', I kind of defined how I saw him from reading the book, and luckily that matched up with the director's vision.”

“Fear of men's judgment manifests itself in competition for men's approval.”