Aytaç Şaşmaz

Aytaç Şaşmaz is a Turkish actor. He acted in Söz (The Oath, also: Deniz, Aybüke & Burak), Kötü Çocuk (Bad Boy, also: Afra), Aşk Tesadüfleri Sever 2 (Love Likes Coincidences 2), Hekimoğlu (Adaptation of House, also: Okan), Baht Oyunu (Twist of Fate, also: Cemre Baysel), Darmaduman (Shattered, also: Mert), Altın Kafes (Golden Cage/Adaptation of South Korean Drama – The Last Empress), Sen Ağlama İstanbul (Shahrazad: Tears of İstanbul, also: Simay, Burcu & Batuhan), Hatıran Yeter (Your Memory), Zeytin Ağacı (Another Self, also: Tuba, Seda & Şükrü), Kaosun Anatomisi (The Graft), Lefter: Bir Ordinaryüs Hikayesi (Lefter: The Story of The Ordinarius) and more. The TV series Sevdiğim Sensin (You Are the One I Love), in which he stars alongside Helin Kandemir and the film Mavi Kuş (Blue Bird), in which he stars alongside Aslıhan Malbora, will be released soon.

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Facts:

• he says acting is not genetic; his mother was a homemaker and his father a shoemaker, they worked to support the family and acting entered their lives unexpectedly, even though his brother İsmail Ege Şaşmaz is also an actor
  • there is no rivalry between them; on the contrary, there is a strong sense of sharing and support with his brother
  • links his inclusive nature to growing up in a modest, loving family, learning kindness and laughter from his father, emotional depth from his mother and independence from working at a young age
• he used to write and voice poems, loved singing and expressed himself freely through music, taking vocal lessons and learning guitar
  • in high school, he was invited to a theatre play by his literature teacher and the moment he first stepped on stage, he realised that being on stage, where an actor can become anything, was the feeling he had been searching for
• he was accepted into a conservatory, but since private schools and conservatories are expensive without a full scholarship, especially after moving to Istanbul alone, he couldn’t afford to attend
• believes he wasn’t “discovered” by anyone, but that life simply offered him a path and he chose to take it
• he says he has never really understood people his own age, believes the younger generation doesn’t know how to dream or doesn’t take action even when they do and thinks living through phones prevents people from truly moving forward in life
• says the lines on his forehead are essential for expressing his roles and that without them he wouldn’t be able to convey the character properly, emphasising that naturalness is very important to him and that he doesn’t consider Botox
• describes himself as a natural, sincere and straightforward person
  • by “straightforward” he means he isn’t a closed book, is open and genuine, values sincerity and avoids people he senses are insincere
• he wasn’t someone who was admired so much as someone who was loved, even describing himself as unattractive when he was younger
  • that changed when his self-confidence grew, after moving to Istanbul at 17, finding himself helped him accept and make peace with who he is today
• he’s a huge Superman fan, even collecting related items and his biggest dream is to portray the character one day, believing in the powerful messages it represents, that people can do extraordinary things and that anything is possible in life
• his picture of happiness would be a quiet, peaceful mountain house with only his loved ones around, adding with a smile that his inner world feels a bit old for his age
• if he had the chance to take a photo with any living celebrity, he would want it to be Haluk Bilginer, captured while acting together in a scene