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.