The Catalyst
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Omid Djalili is a comedian and actor who uses his platform to address significant political issues, particularly regarding Iran. This interview reveals his ability to mobilize people around the cause of freedom and justice, demonstrating a commitment to advocating for change in a turbulent political landscape.
“When it's coming down now, we Never forget I stood next to him and was knocking bits down because if you knock, someone gave me a hammer and I knocked bits down, you could sell it for about five marks. So I sold three or four bits. I kept one piece, which had some paint on it. I've still got that at home because it was such a huge thing.”
“Look, as I said, I'm as anti-war as anyone, but let's put this in context. If you're living in a community and there's a bloke you don't like, all right, there's a bloke you don't like, he's got kids, you don't really talk to him, you kind of say, let him do what he wants. Then you realize he's mass murdered all his children.”
“Well, there's collateral damage in this sense that if, and I said this to a reporter once, I said, look, if you want to take out, if someone said to me, we want to take out the Islamic regime. They're all at Nando's. They're all at Nando's enrichment, okay? But there's 100 people there and two of your children are there too.”
“I've seen him on the streets. Yeah. I lived in Kensington and I never forget he was a dashing young man about 30 31. He was a big American convertible car. There was traffic High Street Ken bikes at Mary Abbott's Church and Barker's. And he was stuck in traffic and he was in a convertible car with three security officers around him.”
Political Thinking with Nick Robinson — 'This is Iran's Berlin Wall moment': Omid Djalili, comedian and actor
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