There are those who simply want to live their lives, and feel they cannot live the way they want to in Iran. Others are ideologically motivated: They will stay no matter what and try to change things.
“I don't care who you are. When you sit down to write the first page of your screenplay, in your head, you're also writing your Oscar acceptance speech.”
“I eventually found that the soul is more than an immortal commodity to win and save. It is the repository of the inner divine, the truest part of us.”