Quotes by Asghar Farhadi

Asghar Farhadi

At the time when talk of war, intimidation, and aggression is exchanged between politicians, the name of their country, Iran, is spoken here through her glorious culture, a rich and ancient culture that has been hidden under the heavy dust of politics.

Country

Dust

War

Because I write the screenplay entirely and precisely, there is the danger that an actor might feel that this finite role is being imposed on them. I want the actors to feel that this is their own role, and that they can go back to point zero and develop this character.

Character

Writing

Zero

Classical tragedy was the war between good and evil. We wanted evil to be defeated and good to be victorious. But the battle in modern tragedy is between good and good. And no matter which side wins, we’ll still be heartbroken.

Heartbroken

War

Winning

I always thought that in the countries that the modernity kicks in later, it seems that everything changes on the surface, the physical things change, but inside, things haven’t changed, really. This is always the challenge of this kind of community, to make a harmony between the cultural traditions and the modernity of modern life.

Challenges

Community

Country

I like storytelling movies and more than that I like historical movies; and I think someday I’ll definitely make a movie about the past 50 years history.

Past

Thinking

Years

I see screenwriting as a bit like a math equation which I have to solve.

Math

Screenwriting

Solve

I think that theater is the closest medium to music. It’s very pure. It’s for the elite of the society. It’s not for everyone in the society.

Mediums

Theater

Thinking

I would have had the same narrative, regardless of the atmosphere and the restrictions.

Atmosphere

Narrative

Restriction

In my opinion when you speak about relationships between people, you are actually talking about everything in their world because everything is contained in that relationship.

People

Talking

World

Is there one specific source that determines correct morality and everybody should follow that? Or should individuals come up with following that source or not depending on their situation?

Come Up

Individual

Morality

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Acting

Angle

Atmosphere

Believe

Bigger

Blessing

Challenges

Character

Children

Come Up

Community

Confrontation

Country

Daughter

Differences

Different

Drama

Dust

East

Emotional

Facts

Heartbroken

Individual

Interesting

Iran

Life Is Like

Math

Mediums

Morality

Narrative

Numbers

Order

Past

People

Play

Real

Restriction

Screenwriting

Solve

Sometimes

Talking

Theater

Thinking

Two

Valuable

War

Winning

World

Writing

Years

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Quotes by Asghar Farhadi

Asghar Farhadi

At the time when talk of war, intimidation, and aggression is exchanged between politicians, the name of their country, Iran, is spoken here through her glorious culture, a rich and ancient culture that has been hidden under the heavy dust of politics.

Because I write the screenplay entirely and precisely, there is the danger that an actor might feel that this finite role is being imposed on them. I want the actors to feel that this is their own role, and that they can go back to point zero and develop this character.

Classical tragedy was the war between good and evil. We wanted evil to be defeated and good to be victorious. But the battle in modern tragedy is between good and good. And no matter which side wins, we’ll still be heartbroken.

I like storytelling movies and more than that I like historical movies; and I think someday I’ll definitely make a movie about the past 50 years history.

I see screenwriting as a bit like a math equation which I have to solve.

I think that theater is the closest medium to music. It’s very pure. It’s for the elite of the society. It’s not for everyone in the society.

I would have had the same narrative, regardless of the atmosphere and the restrictions.

In my opinion when you speak about relationships between people, you are actually talking about everything in their world because everything is contained in that relationship.

Is there one specific source that determines correct morality and everybody should follow that? Or should individuals come up with following that source or not depending on their situation?

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