Abbas Kiarostami Quotes

I would say that no film is apolitical. There are politics in all films. Any film that is anchored in a society, any film that deals with humanity is necessarily political.

Abbas Kiarostami

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: iranian
  • Birth: June 22, 1940 - July 4, 2016

Topics

PoliticsSocietyPoliticalHumanity

If you fall seventy times a day, rise seventy times and return to God so that you will not fall too often.

Johannes Tauler

GodDayYouFallSeventyRise

Character is character and voice is voice, which translates nicely from writing novels to writing TV. But the process is different. You have a writer's room, people pitch you jokes and you collaborate.

Jennifer Weiner

CharacterPeopleWritingVoiceYou

I grew up in the middle of a block where there was an Irish grocery store on one corner, an Italian bar on another corner and the Nazi Party was on the third corner.

Andrew Young

PartyIrishBarCornerUpMiddle

I love my son and am proud of my son.

Robert H. Schuller

LoveSonProudI LoveAm

Alan Funt was the first hidden-camera magician. It was the playful nature of the way he worked that really inspired me. A lot of prank shows and hidden-camera shows can be a little mean-spirited. Funt was never like that.

Michael Carbonaro

NatureMeWayNeverFirstPlayful

Standing behind a kitchen counter telling people about what ingredients to put in a pot didn't feel right.

Trisha Yearwood

PeopleKitchenFeelRightStanding

I was a quarterback in college. I hoped to go to the NFL, and I didn't get drafted. I then became a free agent. I could sign with whoever I wanted to, and I ended up going to Pittsburgh.

Tony Dungy

CollegeFreeGoUpGoingGet

The day I worry about cleaning my house is the day Sears comes out with a riding vacuum cleaner.

Roseanne Barr

DayWorryHouseCleaningRidingOut

When Google reached out to me in 2011, they wanted me to build out their female lifestyle vertical. When they were starting with that initiative, they were giving each production house a million dollars to produce content.

Michelle Phan

MeGivingHouseLifestyleInitiative

Your job as a director is to study the show, understand the show, understand the vibe, the tone, the characters.

Miriam Shor

JobUnderstandDirectorStudyTone

Every single stage of reform becomes more difficult because you use political capital.

Jose Angel Gurria

PoliticalYouMoreDifficultStage

I stay on the road so much that my fiancee and I were talking the other night about what I wanted her to cook. I told her I don't even remember what a home-cooked meal is.

Brantley Gilbert

NightRoadTalkingRememberMeal

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