When I'm in the process of making a movie I'm not thinking about the finished result, and whether … - Abbas Kiarostami

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Abbas Kiarostami

When I'm in the process of making a movie I'm not thinking about the finished result, and whether people have to see it once or more than once, and what the reaction to it will be. I just make it, and then I live with the consequences, some of which may not be as pleasant as I'd like! I know one thing, however. Many viewers may come out of the theater not satisfied, but they won't be able to forget the movie. I know they'll be talking about it during their next dinner. I want them to be a little restless about my movies, and keep trying to find something in them.

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When I find the character, I try to spend time with them and get to know them very well. Therefore my notes are not from the character that I had in my mind before, but are instead based on the people I've met in real life.

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I was mentioning with the digital camera, maybe this new fashion of filmmaking gives a closer look of what life may be like. But it's still nothing but a copy.

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Directors don't always create, they can also destroy with too many demands.

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I don't generally derive my stories from novels. I try to turn into film things I have felt or experienced.

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Everybody knows that I am not usually patient enough to actually sit down and watch one of my own films from the beginning to the end - I never do.

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