Abbas Kiarostami Looks Quotations

I've often noticed that we are not able to look at what we have in front of us, unless it's inside a frame.

When I talk to some of the younger filmmakers, they are so worried about their films that, eventually, this state of being worried reflects itself in and helps the final work. Whereas, with projects that are meticulously planned, you look at the end result and it is full of emptiness.

I am still very surprised that I managed to make that film [Close Up]. When I actually look back on that film, I really feel that I was not the director but instead just a member of the audience.

In my opinion the man looks at the relationship in a more bitter fashion and the woman still holds great hopes.

Anything I've not experienced I do not look to for a subject. I have to feel it.