Losing yourself in the character opens you up in a way that no amount of precise preparation can.
“I feel that it means a lot to the people of Iran that my film is represented at the Oscars, and it makes me happy to bring them that joy, that I'm representing them and that I'm able to give them that element of pleasure to be the envoy from Iran. It's a very pleasant thing.”
“No drama, however great, is entirely independent of the stage on which it is given.”