There are always different things that can happen and I Marjane Satrapi don't want to yell at other people. It's easier if we yell at each other. We're still friends, so obviously it worked out.

I love Taxi Driver. When I saw it the first time, I didn't understand it, but I loved it because I thought the guy was really cool when he's talking to himself in the mirror.

The movie [Chicken with Plums] is very delicate, and you need to have people around you that understand what you're doing, otherwise it doesn't work.

I love Apocalypse Now because it's a war movie, but yet it's not really a movie about war.

We [with Marjane Satrapi] both have very strong personalities, but that's completely normal, because even if you're very well prepared, you never know when you shoot live action.

We needed to have a great set decorator, a great D.P., a great costume designer, everybody. Without all these people, we would have made a shitty movie.

Politics is downstream from culture and not the other way around.

Whatever ‘I AM, ’ you are! You are, I AM, not me you see, but you are ‘I AM’ is what will be!”Deetkatu, Meet the Little People…An Enchanting Adventure

Doing and making positive programming for young people is so important to me, and I will keep doing it.

Why? Why are they always wanting to kill Jews?

Every single moment of a person's life, both of the understanding and of the will, is a new beginning.

Iran is obviously part of the problem. They sponsor Hezbollah. They encourage a radical brand of Islam.

A band isn't a band unless they're playing together. Otherwise it's just five guys that are living off their royalty checks.

Deep learning doesn't shine.

I'm truly passionate about basketball. I'm not as passionate about baseball as I am about basketball, but I watch baseball and I watch football. I love sports in general.

We might be workers, but we are not happy go-lucky jungle bunnies.