Close-Up

"Aren't you acting? For the camera right now?" "I'm speaking of my suffering. I'm not acting. I'm speaking from the heart. This isn't acting. For me, art is the experience of what you've felt inside. Given the positive feelings I've experienced, as well as the deprivation and suffering, and my interest in acting. I think I could be an effective actor and convey that inner reality." "What part would you like to play?" "My own" "Haven't you already done that?" Silence.. Sabzian may have been convincing in pretending to be a famous filmmaker, but the role he truly longed to play was himself. All he wanted is to be respected as being himself, as a person with real feelings and real dreams.