Navid Negahban Quotes

• You just need to put yourself in someone else's shoes and then see how they feel and then you will understand why they are reacting or why they are behaving the way that they are behaving. We need to be fair.

  Navid Negahban

  Shoes, Needs, Way

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• 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.

  Navid Negahban

  War, Impact, Iran

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

  Navid Negahban

  Inspired, Grew Up, Busters

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• I lived with a German family. I learned about schnitzel from Ritta Seiffer. When she cooked she'd get the oil really hot so that it sealed everything and in the middle was very juicy. That's the secret to a great schnitzel.

  Navid Negahban

  Oil, Secret, Hot

  "Q & A With Homeland's Abu Nazir: Navid Negahban on Israeli and Persian Cuisine, Looking for Hummus in L.A., Shimon Peres' Facebook Page + Getting Detained by the Real Guys". Interview with Margy Rochlin, www.laweekly.com. September 25, 2012.

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• 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.

  Navid Negahban

  Father, Character, Play

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• As an actor sometimes we sit and wait for projects to be handed to us and we don't really work. We expect our agents and managers to know who we are and to see who we are and offer us a part or send us out and submit us.

  Navid Negahban

  Waiting, Actors, Agents

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

  Navid Negahban

  Speak, Used, Turkish

  "Navid Negahban: A Back Stage Exclusive". Interview with Noah Laracy, www.backstage.com. November 25, 2009.

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

  Navid Negahban

  Firsts, Shameless, Get Up

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

  Navid Negahban

  Games, Thrones, World

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• 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.

  Navid Negahban

  Country, Iran, Turkeys

  "Navid Negahban: A Back Stage Exclusive". Interview with Noah Laracy, www.backstage.com. November 25, 2009.

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• As actors, if we are truthful to ourselves and we know what we can do and what we cannot do and just go after it, there are possibilities out there. If you don't try, you won't find out if you get them or not.

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  Trying, Actors, Truthful

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

  Navid Negahban

  Thinking, Familiar, Intrigued

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• 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.

  Navid Negahban

  Couple, Fun, Kids

  "Navid Negahban: A Back Stage Exclusive". Interview with Noah Laracy, www.backstage.com. November 25, 2009.

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