Top 30 Kayvan Novak Quotes

Getting expelled from secondary school and going to a more arty-farty college gave me the incentive to perform and opened some doors.

I want to be James Bond! I don’t want to be Doctor Who.

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.

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.

Paul Verhoeven is one of my favourite directors. I love his ability to mash extreme violence with humour and satire.

Why did Barry Humphries play Dame Edna for so many years? Why is Steve Coogan still doing Alan Partridge? Because there are just one or two characters they love doing. I’m lucky enough to have six that I’m crazy about.

Stanley Tucci is a classy actor, and Ian Holm is very short but equally classy – and both are also amazing.

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.

I put my parents through mini hell with my laziness and poor grades, so I love making them laugh when they see me on television. When I work, I’m always thinking, ‘Would my mother find this funny?’ The belly-laugh jokes will hit her every time.

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.

As an ethnic actor, I still feel I can’t be in ‘Downton Abbey’ or in period dramas.

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’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 can’t really walk down the street as Brian Badonde without someone going, ‘Bwark.’

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.

I had a niche. And my niche was that I was brown. So it’s like, ‘Great, I get to go up for all these ‘brown parts.” I call them ‘brown parts’ because that’s what they are. That’s not to be resentful, because I loved playing those parts – I got to meet so many cool actors.

‘MasterChef’ is pretty good.

I was born in London! I’m as Western as you get.

From ‘Fonejacker,’ multiculturalism has been a big part of my repertoire.

My first love is doing my own comedy stuff.

Comedy is in my bones.

I met the Gallagher brothers, and Noel was quoting my ‘Fonejacker’ catchphrases. Hearing your heroes quote you is incredible.

Zayn is a cool name.

I’m the guy that can play all the different races and get away with it.

I want to do a ‘Facejacker’ film. I want to explore the characters more, maybe do a Terry Tibbs chat show.

My nickname at school was Caveman. When I tell people my name is Kayvan, some insist on going ‘Caveman?’

Thank God for my imagination. For my abilities to mimic.

The more channels putting money into quality programming the better.

Generating comic material can sometimes get the better of you.

What I would say about the Trump travel ban is there goes my Hollywood career!