#make

But I don't really care for directors flaring up and trying to humble some actor, which they would do to try and make an example out of them so everybody else would stay on the ball - and David wasn't anything like that. ↗

— Richard Farnsworth

#anything #ball #care #david #directors

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. ↗

— Asghar Farhadi

#definitely #historical #history #i #i think

I tend to jot down moments, lines, interactions that don't really make any sense. I try and explain these scattered notes to my close friends, and they become more and more logical. I see screenwriting as a bit like a math equation which I have to solve. ↗

— Asghar Farhadi

#become #bit #close #close friends #down

I think it's insulting to an audience to make them sit and watch a film and then give them a message in one sentence. ↗

— Asghar Farhadi

#film #give #i #i think #insulting

Iranian filmmakers are not passive. They fight whenever they can, as creative expression means a lot to them. The restrictions and censorship in Iran are a bit like the British weather: one day it's sunny, the next day it's raining. You just have to hope you walk out into the sunshine. ↗

— Asghar Farhadi

#british #censorship #creative #creative expression #day

The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate! ↗

— Robert Browning

#fate #great #leave #life #makes

The black community in Hollywood is very small and close-knit. Everyone has a common goal: to make a two-hour movie in 30 days. ↗

— Gabrielle Union

#black community #common #common goal #community #days

It's been interesting to see how similar audiences in the East and West are, actually, and how it makes you realize that when politicians emphasize the differences between our cultures, it's usually because it benefits them more so than us. ↗

— Asghar Farhadi

#audiences #because #been #benefits #between

The fact is I'm not making a film in order to draw pictures or make images about Iran. ↗

— Asghar Farhadi

#draw #fact #film #i #images

There is something about seeing real people on a stage that makes a bad play more intimately, more personally offensive than any other art form. ↗

— Anatole Broyard

#any #art #art form #bad #form