My experience has nothing to do with creation, I don't think, even though maturity is helpful. In a creation process, there's an intuition that takes you and if it's nourished with awareness and experience, it's great.

I was so happy when they cast me in Chocolat, because it's one of my vices.

I love the unknown. I think because it brings fear, and to embrace fear is the best feeling.

You make your own path as an actor. Nobody does it for you, so you have to invent yourself.

What makes a person sexy is when he's not trying to be sexy.

In Iran, the women are like Italian women, they rule the house inside. But it's full of life. The history is very rich. The mystic of the Middle Ages. We have to learn from them. They influence all the philosophers when they came to Europe all those many many years ago.

What I love most about this crazy life is the adventure of it.