Zal Batmanglij : (6)

" That’s the key thing I learned from making ‘The East’: It doesn’t matter what happens in your life, good or bad. What matters is that there’s a group around you to catch you when you fall and push you back up a little bit. " - Zal Batmanglij

" The beauty of ‘The OA’ or ‘Stranger Things’ is that they are both made by Netflix for Netflix. And so there was a freedom all of a sudden that matched our intention. " - Zal Batmanglij

" It doesn’t really matter what someone’s hair looks like or if the sound is perfect. Every director who’s made a couple of movies knows that, because you can replace the sound. Or, like, any one shot is not that important, because they all add up together. " - Zal Batmanglij

" In every public space, everyone has their head down on their phone. Including me. " - Zal Batmanglij

" I want to make the iPhone of movies. " - Zal Batmanglij

" On ‘Sound of My Voice,’ I was the first and last word, which is kind of a dictatorship. I like collectives, though. " - Zal Batmanglij