Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" Frances Conroy - brilliant, brilliant actress. "
Nazanin Boniadi
Brilliant
Actress
Related Quotes:
" I do think faith is important when it introduces positivity into your life and you see it with love in your heart because there's so many people who unfortunately use faith for detrimental things or to justify detrimental actions. "
Nazanin Boniadi
Faith
Heart
Life
" It's nice to see different dimensions of a character. A love interest and family life are always, I think, important in creating layers and textures. "
Nazanin Boniadi
Character
Think
Love
" When President Hassan Rouhani was elected in Iran in 2013, he welcomed back the far-flung children of Iran. But one by one, they have been arrested and imprisoned upon their return, a fate that has made me increasingly reluctant to risk going back to a homeland I've not seen since 1992. "
Nazanin Boniadi
Risk
Fate
Going
" I was very successful, and I graduated with honors. And then I called my dad, who still lives in London, and I said, 'Dad, thanks for college, but I'm going to go act now.' It didn't go over very well. "
Nazanin Boniadi
Successful
Said
Now
" When you or your loved ones escape repression, you often find yourself committed to ensuring that freedom prevails. "
Nazanin Boniadi
Loved
You
Escape
" Artists often become vocal advocates of freedom of expression because we depend on it so heavily in our work. But it is an inalienable right that belongs to everyone on an equal basis. "
Nazanin Boniadi
Right
Expression
Depend
" The people of Iran have had to endure repressive laws that have stifled their freedom of speech and religion for too long. "
Nazanin Boniadi
Religion
People
Long
" Jason Rezaian, held for 544 days in Iran, was not a spy but rather a 'Washington Post' journalist whose work aimed to increase cultural understanding between Iran and the world. "
Nazanin Boniadi
World
Understanding
Washington
" In a lot of ways, I think television is better for women than film. "
Nazanin Boniadi
Women
Think
Film
" It's bizarre to be given an award for being empathetic and kind, which is what we all should be. "
Nazanin Boniadi
Bizarre
Being
Award
" In real life, too, women love to be that girl who tames the bad boy. "
Nazanin Boniadi
Life
Girl
Love
" The idea that an actress - mostly lauded for her performances in more than a dozen films - somehow represents a threat to Iran's national security is laughable at best. But in Ahangarani's case, far from anything humorous, the allegations have actually resulted in the sober prospect of real prison time. "
Nazanin Boniadi
Time
Sober
Security
" Our rights are interconnected and inseparable. When freedom of expression is threatened, the rights to freedom of association and assembly, of thought, conscience and religion, are also compromised. "
Nazanin Boniadi
Thought
Religion
Freedom
" I think a culture can really be elevated through the arts, and it's always a dream come true when I come across roles that enable me to fuse my love of storytelling with my passion for activism and raising social awareness. "
Nazanin Boniadi
Culture
Dream
Love
" Dance connects us to the musicality of life and to one another. No one should be denied such basic pleasures. "
Nazanin Boniadi
Life
Us
Basic
" Clothes are a big part of a free society, I think, and what you wear is so indicative of the political climate you're living in. "
Nazanin Boniadi
Clothes
Think
Society
" To have art suppressed is very dangerous to society. "
Nazanin Boniadi
Society
Dangerous
Art
" In my role as a spokesperson for Amnesty International U.S.A. and as a supporter of various charitable causes including Unlock Iran, a campaign to release prisoners of conscience in Iran, I have never been faced with the threat of intimidation or arrest. "
Nazanin Boniadi
Campaign
Never
Role
" A celebrated and hugely popular actress in her native Iran, Ahangarani first landed on the radar of the Iranian authorities for her open support of opposition figure Mir-Hossein Mousavi, which led to her arrest in July 2009 in the aftermath of a disputed presidential election in Iran. "
Nazanin Boniadi
Election
First
Her
" For me, the struggle for women's human rights began the moment I was born in Tehran at the height of the Iranian Revolution, a time when the status of women was quickly deteriorating. "
Nazanin Boniadi
Me
Born
Time
" Belgian chocolate is my weakness. I like over 72 percent cacao, which shows you how much of a dark chocolate snob I am. "
Nazanin Boniadi
Chocolate
I Am
Weakness
" It's been an interesting progression, going from soap to a sitcom with 'How I Met Your Mother' and now being a series regular on 'Homeland.' "
Nazanin Boniadi
Soap
Going
Interesting
" As an Iranian woman and activist, Sotoudeh's plight resonated with me on a deeply personal level. "
Nazanin Boniadi
Deeply
Me
Woman
" Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was not engaged in subversive work; she was an apolitical project manager with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of the Reuters news agency. "
Nazanin Boniadi
Foundation
Manager
News
" I was born in Iran, which has a predominantly Muslim population, and I have relatives who are devout Muslims, so I know what it means to be judged based on your appearance and what you're wearing. But your ethnicity and your clothing do not define who you are. "
Nazanin Boniadi
Born
You
Clothing
" Although it is hard to see why any sensible authority would feel threatened by the peaceful expression of one's point of view, there is a long history of trying to repress subversive depictions of political figures - back in the 19th century, for example, France's King Louis Philippe was depicted as a piece of fruit. "
Nazanin Boniadi
King
Political
Peaceful
" I decided to start acting in my mid-twenties. I studied pre-med, and I have a bachelor's degree in Biology, so when I decided to pursue a different career, I got a lot of, 'What on earth are you doing?' But, I gave myself a year and thought, 'You know what, I'm going to just beat the odds.' "
Nazanin Boniadi
Start
Earth
Know
" It's tougher for women than men in Hollywood, period, if you ask me. As with most professions, women have generally not found equality with men when it comes to income and influence. There aren't as many female directors, producers, and writers, which translates to fewer complex roles for women. "
Nazanin Boniadi
You
Men
Women
" Old-school Dire Straits songs are on heavy rotation: 'So Far Away,' 'Romeo and Juliet' and of course 'Sultans of Swing.' "
Nazanin Boniadi
Heavy
Away
Far
" As an actress, I value and rely on peaceful self-expression, not only in my daily life, but also in my professional work. This is particularly true, as my commitment to the promotion of human rights is an integral part of my calling as an artist. "
Nazanin Boniadi
Work
Commitment
Life