Interview with Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies (SFSU)
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August marks 18 years since I left England behind and made the Bay Area my home. 18 years since my carefully-crafted English vowels started blending into the North American ones; 18 years since I started no longer sounding like the Queen of England; 18 years since no bus driver has said “what?!” to my “Sutter/Stockton” or a flight attendant “say that again?!” to my pronunciation of “water”.
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We had returned in the midst of the Iran-Iraq war and I was inconsolable, pining for my friends back in Spain. Then acting happened and the effect of theatre and film in my life was more potent than any imaginable potion. It kept me afloat, gave me hope, the motivation to carry on until I’d see the light at the end of the tunnel.
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Eighteen shows in twenty-seven days. That's what we committed to when the decision was made to participate at The Fringe for the first time. The open platform idea was appealing. The condition? To book a venue first.
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See me in the upcoming feature film Waiting for Kiarostami directed by Hossein Khandan and produced by Randy Williams (Estelle Studios).
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It was a true pleasure to start my Edinburgh adventures with a radio interview on "Sunday Morning With Ricky Ross" prior to performing "Mimi's Suitcase" to a packed house at Nomads Tent. Listen here
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At the age of 17, I played the role of a mother to a 9 year old in the big blockbuster “Little Bird of Happiness” (“Parandeye Kuchake Khoshbakhti”) directed by Pouran Derakhshandeh. At the time, I had little emotional resources to relate to the feeling of a mother. I was a teenager with a strong Stanislavsky training under my belt and an immense natural motherly instinct, but none of these got me closer to the truth in those scenarios.
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The first time I set eyes on Buriel Clay Theatre, I fell in love with it. It felt an actor's dream space in terms of how the overall space feels (both on stage as well as an audience member).
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Last summer, I started developing the play which then became an official selection at United Solo International festival in the heart in NYC. Mimi's Suitcase premiered there on November 15, 2015 to a sold-out house of enthusiastic audience members who related to the story and wanted "more".
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Not only because he was my father, but because he was a true lover of film and theatre. He didn’t need to be actively acting to be involved. He didn’t watch films, he devoured them and was able to even recognize the actors involved in the shortest of scenes. He loved his chosen craft in the real sense of the word.
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If theatre is the mirror to society, relationships and the human condition, nothing could be more relevant than Arnaud d’Usseau & James Gow’s 1946 play Deep Are the Roots in light of recent racial tensions in North American society.
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What happens when your image is used without your permission?
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Voice acting is not unlike other forms of acting: It arises from a place of truth and conviction. If the eyes are the windows of the soul, voice can be the sound of the heart’s feelings and emotions.
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Observing and providing feedback is a passion that has to come from within. Whether coaching language teachers, actors or voice over artists, the combination of coaching a foreign language for a type of performance is an act of love.
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Should attention to speech and accent coaching on set be an integral part of building a character, of the film process? If so, why do we see such inconsistencies in Hollywood productions?
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Should actors' real age be a decisive factor in film casting?
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