When I Was I Kid, There Were

I Think We're Always Intrigued By Things We're Not Familiar With.

I Grew Up On Harold Lloyd, Charles Chaplin, And Buster Keaton, And Those Were The Ones Who Inspired Me.

Before 9/11, I Was Playing A Wide Range Of Characters. I Would Play A Lover, A Cop, A Father. As Long As I Could Create The Illusion Of The Character, The Part Was Given To Me. But After 9/11, Something Changed. We Became The Villains, The Bad Guys. I Don't Mind To Play The Bad Guy As Long As The Bad Guy Has A Base.

When I Was I Kid, There Were So Many Different Things That I Wanted To Be. As An Actor, I Get A Chance To Be All Of Those Things, At Least For A Couple Of Days, Which Is Fun.

I Left Iran Back In 1985. I Lived In Turkey For A While, Then I Went To Germany. I Joined A Theater Company There, And We Toured The Country.