Abbas Kiarostami Quotes
If you catch me coming out of a film, when I'm emotionally involved, I can tell you at that moment why I like it – but to talk about it years later is not logical to me.
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My parents did their best - that earns a lot of forgiveness. But they say children grow up in spite of their parents, and I think I did.
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Oh wow, you know what's wrong with all these families on TV? All these kids say stuff no kid would say. Stuff grown-ups want them to say. Man, I'd make a really realistic family. Where kids get spankings. On TV parents say, 'Oh, you shouldn't do that ever again. Now you can have ice cream.' Forget it.
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I live in a landscape, which every single day of my life is enriching.
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At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.
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How come foreign accents are so sexy? If I say, 'I'm going to the store,' it sounds boring, benign and rudimentary. But if it's said with an accent, it sounds fundamentally cool.
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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You have to believe that people don't want what you think they're going to like, you know? They want what you like. Once you start doing that, you actually start connecting with people.
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Feeling really safe as an actor is not a great thing because you're not learning or growing.
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I love boats. I can be on a boat for days.
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We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings.
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I love an underdog. No, I don't necessarily mean the cartoon. I mean like David, as in Goliath, or the Bears, as in The Bad News Bears.
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Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.
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Unless you work for '60 Minutes', your life is: You do stories about things, and nothing happens as a result.
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I'm not exaggerating when I say that the 761st was Patton's best tank unit and nobody knew about it.
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There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
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The United States is going to be a rich country, it is going to be prosperous, but it is not going to be able to take the lead in the next phase of global economic development.
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I'm entirely self-taught, which I think is both a blessing and a curse.
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In a way, Jersey really supports rock, maybe more than New York City and Long Island. I know plenty of bands that tour and do much better at Starland or other clubs in New Jersey than others in the tri-state area.
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Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer.
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Any time you're a poster child for the CIA, there are a lot of people that are - either have ideological or they are mentally unbalanced - that are going to try to find you and perhaps cause you harm.
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He Taika Watiti worked on this screenplay for a couple of years and just getting it right and the result is there. He's made really close to a perfect film Hunt for the Wilderpeople... Perfect as you can be.
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Being on TV is similar to being an athlete. You get no second chances.
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I never make a trip to the United States without visiting a supermarket. To me they are more fascinating than any fashion salon.
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If you catch me coming out of a film, when I'm emotionally involved, I can tell you at that moment why I like it – but to talk about it years later is not logical to me.
