Michael Mateus Stegeris an American actor. He is best known for his role as Navid Shirazi on The CW's teen drama series 90210... (wikipedia)
I discovered that I wanted to be an actor back when I did my first play in junior high. I've been doing theater in junior high and high school, and I just kept feeding the fire, kept wanting to pursue acting full-on.
I think when your imagination goes to work, and when you're first bullied, you feel like you're going to die. School becomes a war zone, and you can't function.
I've always been more in touch with my Ecuadorian side. I speak Spanish.
Even when I was doing well in acting, my dad would say, 'You can still go back to dental school.' But since I've been on '90210,' I haven't heard that.
My mom pushed me to take drama class.
Filming in India was one big adventure. For 'The Cheetah Girls', we were in Mumbai for two weeks, then Rajasthan for six weeks. Every day after shooting, I would hop into a rickshaw and start exploring the city. I even learned a bit of Hindi. It's such an amazing place to visit.
I'm a first-generation American, so I had friends from several cultures while growing up, including Indian and Iranian friends.
I've always been huge into martial arts.
My first car was a 1986 Toyota pickup.
I love Shah Rukh Khan! I have seen many of his movies.
I broke into acting doing Latino roles. I played a Latino casanova in 'The Winner' and a Latino character on 'Hannah Montana.'
I was a bio major, and I was going to take over my aunt's dental practice and be a dentist.
Childhood bullying was a big part of my life.
I moved in fourth grade in the middle of the school year, and I was the new kid in school.
Anybody whos been to Ecuador wants to go back because its beautiful out there.
The CW likes to hold on to its shows.
I love traveling; it's, like, my perfect escape.
A perfect day would be to get into the car, drive out to Yosemite and go camping.
You never play age, you play character.