Ian Ziering

My career actually started in the second grade as class clown. That's no joke. I was always making people laugh, and it was really to mask a learning disability... When it came time for me to read out loud, I would crack jokes or create a diversion.

I always wanted to do action-adventure, and science fiction genres were always something that were of great interest to me.

It's 'Sharknado,' people. No one's expecting a tear-jerking, gut-wrenching emotional piece. This is just wild sci-fi action/adventure at it's finest. It's one of those dopey movies that come on in the middle of the night, and your eyes just stay open watching it 'cuz your glued to it, 'cuz you're just compelled to continue to watch it.

I like action-adventure movies.

Some of my earliest memories are dancing in the kitchen, standing on my mom's toes.

Past success is no guarantee of future success, so I have learned to be an entrepreneur. I began to produce and direct my own projects.

With 'Sharknado,' they've got a great mix of TV and film. This is a film that has film impact in the TV medium.

People spend hundreds of millions of dollars to make movies that don't do anything. I mean, no one's talking about 'Pacific Rim' today. No one's talking about 'The Lone Ranger,' and those were $100 million movies that didn't have nearly the impact that 'Sharknado' did.

When I read the first 'Sharknado' movie, I thought it was terrible. I told my wife that I couldn't do this movie, that it would be the end of my career.

I like the fact that I'm involved in a career that gives me so many different mediums to perform in.

When I read the scene where I'm actually chainsawing my way out of the belly of a shark, how could a guy turn that down when that's in the job description?

I'm a dad, and that's a job you can't fail at.