“Thanks to nanny, I've got a deep understanding of Russian tales.” Quote by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
“From my films, you can at least learn about Iran, you can get a sense of the history and the society. But no such films have been made about Afghanistan, so you really can't know much about it.” KnowsHas BeensMadeFilmIranAfghanistan Author:Mohsen Makhmalbaf
“I myself had to grow a longer beard and Afghan clothes. I was in danger of being kidnapped by smugglers, though I didn't know it at the time.” KnowsGrowsDangerClothesBeardAfghanKidnappedSmugglers Author:Mohsen Makhmalbaf
“I wanted to be left alone to live my life, so it was very easy for people to pretend that they were me.” PeopleWantedLeftEasyLiving My LifeLeft Alone Author:Mohsen Makhmalbaf
“I'm not playing myself. It's a symbolic situation, where I want to introduce a fascist behind the table. I couldn't have had anybody else do that; for it to be successful, I had to do it myself.” WantBehindsSituationSuccessfulTablesBeing SuccessfulIntroducingSymbolicFascists Author:Mohsen Makhmalbaf
“If I make two films in a year, they'll be different. This is my style - I can't have just one way.” IfsWayYearsI CanTwoDifferentFilmStyleOne WayJust One Author:Mohsen Makhmalbaf
“In many ways, it is very real, because I sat there for 9 days, and it was constantly happening, and that was the 9 days of making the film. But you can't say that it's 100% true, because there are places where I've been intrusive and interfered.” WayRealFilmHappeningsSat Author:Mohsen Makhmalbaf
“The question in their minds was, why did the outside world, and particularly the Western world, produce all these landmines, and send them to Afghanistan? This business must be stopped. It's a dirty business to produce such a horrible device.” WorldMindProduceWesternHorribleDirtyDevicesAfghanistanOutside WorldWestern WorldLandminesDirty Business Author:Mohsen Makhmalbaf
“When we began filming, these people had legs, but as we were filming, they had been injured and they were brought to the hospital to have their legs amputated, and that's where we found them and asked them to come and be part of the film.” PeopleFilmFoundLegsHospitalsInjured Author:Mohsen Makhmalbaf
“There's an 800 kilometer border between Iran and Afghanistan.” BordersIranAfghanistan Author:Mohsen Makhmalbaf
“Socrates' fame spread all over Greece, and the most respected and educated men from all around came to him, in order to enjoy his friendly company and instruction.” MenOrderEnjoyCompanyFameSpreadEducatedFriendlyInstructionGreeceEducated Man Author:Moses Mendelssohn