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 grew up on Harold Lloyd, Charles Chaplin, and Buster Keaton, and those were the ones who inspired me.

I grew up during the Revolution of Iran and the war between Iran and Iraq. The things that I saw. The impact. How it changes you. How it changes the way you look at the world.

I speak Farsi, German, Dari, and I understand Turkish, but I haven't used it since 1985, so I'm a bit rusty.

I like 'Shameless.' The first season I just watched it straight through. I literally didn't get up. I just had to finish it.

I like 'Breaking Bad' and 'Game of Thrones.' I like that era. I like that fantasy world.

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.

I think we're always intrigued by things we're not familiar with.

Submit to the Father of spirit, God.

Wherever you go, whenever you meet someone, enlighten every mind, brighten their life with love and kindness, it will make your world so delightful and so beautiful.

Today, the gap between productivity and compensation for the typical worker is larger than at any time since World War II.

Commerce is really as interesting as nature.

Education is more than Pisa. Particularly musical education. We also need education and training for more than reasons of usefulness and marketability.

I don't think I had a bad influence on anybody. I made people feel better about themselves.

I think Putin has already gotten used to the idea of Obama and his secretary of state, John Kerry, making noise - it just doesn't seem to impress Moscow at all.

Today, we need to listen more carefully. I read what people say on Twitter, my friends on Path, in addition to formal media. I look for patterns, and then I post questions back to my network.

I rejoice when I meet gifted young people... I feel the future is in good hands.

He that commits a sin shall find the pressing guilt lie heavy on his mind.