The famous actor, Amos Zaharia, was invited to Grida Duma’s podcast, where he told a story that will leave you speechless.
For the first time, he has spoken openly about his truths, events that are as private as they are public. From the conflict with Leka Zogu, to the relationship that pushed him to leave Albania…
Excerpt from the interview:
Did you know what had happened at the time they called you?
I was in Pristina, Kosovo. I was shooting a movie and my enthusiasm for the shooting of that movie was beyond normal. I was shooting with a Hollywood actor. I was his assistant on the role and I was completely involved in it. I get this call and I didn’t have the slightest idea.
Why did you pick up the phone?
At that moment I was on vacation and I saw an unknown number and I opened it. I heard this woman’s voice saying to me ‘what do you think about what happened?’. I really didn’t know what it was about. That explains it to me and I hang up the phone. I immediately call my mom.
You’ve handled it in a very existential way.
I listened to the conversation afterwards and said to myself ‘how could I have sounded so cold’ because inside…
You in mpive?
No, it was confusion. What’s going on? But the intonation of the voice was calm, as if I knew.
Do you know why I have this question? Because at that moment you don’t ask ‘Hey, is Dad okay?’, but rather, good for a person who was leaving the family.
I wouldn’t ask him because he wasn’t the person who had the authority to tell me if dad was okay or not. He was just a person who told me. I called my mom and she didn’t know anything either. She said ‘it’s not a hidden camera’. And we really thought it was some kind of joke. Then he called me later and said ‘everything is true’. He had made the right calls. But I really didn’t know anything.
It’s an event that you’ve either intentionally or unintentionally put yourself in a position to handle publicly, that’s entirely up to you to handle privately. Have you ever thought that people expected your reaction as a brother to be aggressive?
I don’t think that would have been the right answer. These are issues that actually happen quite often, in any kind of society and in any kind of country. Two people connect with each other, it works as long as it works, and the moment it doesn’t work anymore, they no longer have to coexist. I don’t see any reason why I should have been aggressive in that situation.
Due to physical contact, hand contact
Because.
You despise it as a situation and that’s why you say ‘no’
It’s not a matter of contempt but rather the fact that if I had reacted in an aggressive manner, the question one asks oneself is ‘how can this bad situation be improved?’. Does it get better by me being aggressive? I don’t believe so. I don’t believe there was a need for me to show aggression.
When was there a moment when you needed to be aggressive?
If God gave men strength, he gave it for only one thing, in my opinion.
For what?
To protect one’s family. The moment I feel that my family is in danger, that the people I love are in existential danger, then…
Sulesh aty?
After
But not in a human quarrel?
It’s like a weapon, which should only be used when you feel that the threat is real and your life and the lives of the people you love are in danger. Only then should force be used.