English - Actor | November 23, 1978 -
When I do an impression of someone or when I am pretending to be someone else, something freaky happens: I feel the person I am mimicking behind my eyeballs. Their head is sitting perfectly inside mine, helping me project a false self out on to the world. And it's not always a choice.
Kayvan Novak
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I have been 'absorbing' people - their voices, their mannerisms - all my life, to the point where I am a sort of Frankenstein of different people. My own speaking voice is, in fact, a mixture of how my two best mates speak, because they are cool, and I am not.
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Thank God for my imagination. For my abilities to mimic.
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I had to fool the world into accepting me. I didn't seem to fit the mould of my idols.
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Years ago, I was watching a debate on Fox News, when I thought, 'These guys are basically like pranksters, they bring the people in and wind them up.' I was like, 'That's what I do!'
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When I wind someone up, it's never to make them feel angry or aggressive; that doesn't make good telly. It's about uncovering a layer of themselves that is kind of sweet and nice.
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Being funny was something I was doing before I understood what that even was. Now I'm making a career out of it.
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Paul Verhoeven is one of my favourite directors. I love his ability to mash extreme violence with humour and satire.
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Stanley Tucci is a classy actor, and Ian Holm is very short but equally classy - and both are also amazing.
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I think it's always difficult to get a show on telly, whether you're George Clooney or just starting out. But there's room. If you're into it, chase it. You'll get it.
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Of course being in movies is very exciting, and it's a wonderful thing for an actor to do.
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People say they don't want to call a call-centre in India. Why not? They're doing the same job - you just don't like Indians.
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