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Comedy is in my bones.
'MasterChef' is pretty good.
I think I'm confused, but I'm not sure!
My first love is doing my own comedy stuff.
I want to be James Bond! I don't want to be Doctor Who.
Character building is one of my favourite things to do.
Thank God for my imagination. For my abilities to mimic.
I'm quite lucky, really: I don't get recognised too much.
Generating comic material can sometimes get the better of you.
Just acting on someone else's set feels like a holiday, almost.
The more channels putting money into quality programming the better.
I'm the guy that can play all the different races and get away with it.
From 'Fonejacker,' multiculturalism has been a big part of my repertoire.
Doing a series of 'Facejacker' takes about nine months. It's pretty intense.
The second series of 'Fonejacker' almost killed me. It was incredibly intense.
I would very much like to direct, star, perform, and just be a general auteur.
What I would say about the Trump travel ban is there goes my Hollywood career!
As an ethnic actor, I still feel I can't be in 'Downton Abbey' or in period dramas.
My signature dish is a khoresht fesenjan. It's a stew with pomegranate and walnuts.
I can't really walk down the street as Brian Badonde without someone going, 'Bwark.'
I think I've exhausted all my options in the U.K., unless I become a game show host.
I had to fool the world into accepting me. I didn't seem to fit the mould of my idols.
When a son tells a dad to trust him, it goes against every instinct in his body to do so.
Of course being in movies is very exciting, and it's a wonderful thing for an actor to do.
I miss watching TV and thinking they were all real. I used to feel like that about 'Neighbours.'
My nickname at school was Caveman. When I tell people my name is Kayvan, some insist on going 'Caveman?'
I want to do a 'Facejacker' film. I want to explore the characters more, maybe do a Terry Tibbs chat show.
Stanley Tucci is a classy actor, and Ian Holm is very short but equally classy - and both are also amazing.
The biggest mistake you can make with a prank show is remove the 'real' element, which is the funniest thing.
Being funny was something I was doing before I understood what that even was. Now I'm making a career out of it.
I've got to follow in the footsteps of Sacha Baron Cohen and do a prank show, or a film with real elements to it.
Paul Verhoeven is one of my favourite directors. I love his ability to mash extreme violence with humour and satire.
I think a lot of comedians are desperate to show their serious side, but I got that off my chest early on in my career.
My dad was quite political in the Seventies. He has a definite opinion about politics and things going on in the world.
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.
I met the Gallagher brothers, and Noel was quoting my 'Fonejacker' catchphrases. Hearing your heroes quote you is incredible.
I don't worry about offending people - I think most people are a lot more robust than some other people give them credit for.
My pranks have never been about getting a negative reaction. They've always been a tolerance test for the person I'm engaging with.
I was born in London. In a lot of ways I'm English, but I have this Iranianness, this culture instilled by my parents, by my family.
Getting expelled from secondary school and going to a more arty-farty college gave me the incentive to perform and opened some doors.
My characters are much more famous than I am, so I don't crave attention; I just crave working and doing good work. Having a feeling of self-worth.
I tick that cliched box of being the class clown. I've always done impressions and characters, so I'm very lucky that I get to do that as a career now.
'Cuban Fury' was a big production for a first time director to handle: I think it is very easy to become very stressful and for it to get the better of you.
I'm good at winding up British people, but Americans are slightly different. A lot of them are more stoical. They're harder to get a reaction out of more of the time.
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.
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.
When I was 18 years old, I had a Saturday job working in a clothing store on London's Bond Street. I would fold T-shirts for ten hours at a time and get paid £19 for the privilege.
There's a really geeky YouTube channel which I love. It's a guy called Oliver Harper. He makes documentaries about films. He's a real movie buff - there's loads of trivia and detail.
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!'
I'm Iranian, which means I feel that I have more right to take off other races and religions, being an 'ethnic' myself. But it's a mythical character, the Fonejacker, and it's all tongue in cheek.