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Always Keep Your Dignity And Be True To Yourself.

I Became The Voice Of A Generation In A Very Surprising Way, Because Many Iranians Recognize Themselves In It. But That Is Not What I Wanted.

With Live-action I Think We'd Have Lost The Universal Appeal Of The Persepolis Story. With Live-action, It Would Have Turned Into A Story Of 'the Other' - People Living In A Distant Land Who Don't Look Like Us. It Might Have Been Exotic, But Also A "third-world" Story.

My Mother Was The Favorite Child Of Her Parents. My Father Was The Favorite Child Of His Parents. The Result Of These Two Favorite Children Was Me. And I Am An Only Child. So I Was Convinced That I Was The Center Of The Universe.

I Took Three Years Of Karate Because Of Bruce Lee, You Know. I Was A Green Belt.