When they don't know you, when you don't have credits and they're thinking, 'I don't know this French guy,' your first five minutes are trying to seduce them, trying to get them on your side. And it's not easy.
More Quotes by Gad Elmaleh
I don't feel any need to play the role of the clown. In my private life I take a break from humor.
If you are not on TV, you don't really exist. I want to bring my comedy to the world and tell my story to a bigger audience.
Journalists ask me, 'Why don't you ever talk about sex in your performances?' True, I don't talk about sex - not in my personal life and not in my professional life. This is modesty.
When you succeed, at a certain point, you want to challenge yourself. Otherwise, you become boring. You become a has-been. It's not very interesting. I don't want to be this guy who has only succeeded in France. I could say, 'O.K., that's it; merci.' But I'm not interested in that.
I like to do comedy. It's my real passion. I want to make people laugh.
Comedy in America is very serious. Either they laugh, or they don't.