To make 'Sound of My Voice,' we had to conceive the entire world and understand it holistically. If you want to show less in a movie, you've got to figure out more.

Next quotes

• Zal Batmanglij:

  In every public space, everyone has their head down on their phone. Including me.

• Zal Batmanglij:

  I don't understand how our story can be so bonkers, but 'Captain Marvel' isn't. A lot of the ideas

• Zal Batmanglij:

  A lot of people dub our work as New Age. But for some reason, they don't dub Stan Lee's work that w

• Zal Batmanglij:

  I guess it the one consistent thing in my life was that sense of magic that film provide - I still

• Zal Batmanglij:

  I think if I was interested in writing on my own, I would be a novelist - then you could write abou

• Zal Batmanglij:

  In film, it is always collaborative, and so to me, it doesn't make sense to not be collaborative in

• Zal Batmanglij:

  I loved 'Terminator 2' as a teenager and 'Sound of Music' when I was a kid. I also loved 'Requiem F

• Zal Batmanglij:

  Faith requires a leap; otherwise, it just becomes science.

• Zal Batmanglij:

  People are longing for tribe and community.

• Zal Batmanglij:

  Actors love to do extreme things, so that is why they become actors; otherwise, they'd be novelists