Top 23 Quotes by Bahman Ghobadi

I always loved music, and I always wanted to make a film about it, but I could never do it because of the censorship that was around.

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

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.

For me, it's better to live without looking over your shoulder, worrying about who is controlling your phone, maybe poisoning your food.

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

I can travel with music. I close my eyes, and I can travel all over the world with music. And one after another, stories come to me, and I just record them.

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

I am really bothered when I see my friends facing problems back in Iran, but I tell them that not all the doors are shut.

I used to believe that people are only born once, but now I feel I have been reborn, like I was given a new life. I see myself as a child, full of energy and hope.

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.