29 Quotes by Bahman Ghobadi

I love music; I come from a region of Kurdistan that is a base for music.

I went to underground music studios. In the studios, I learned that you can make a movie without a permit.

I'm free - but I'm also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only do a little.

I'm very much interested in music specifically and wanted to make a film about it, but not in an atmosphere of censorship.

If I hadn't turned out to be a filmmaker, I would have been a musician.

In Iranian cinema, all the lying takes place before making the film. In order to be able to make the film, you have to lie.

In Kurdistan, there's a lot of hardship - a lot of wars, a lot of bitter and difficult lifestyles. And witnessing all those made me a director.

It feels very, very good to make a film freely, to work without having to wait years for script approval, without looking over your shoulder.

When you want to make a film abroad, you need producers and people who support you. You need a team that speaks your language.