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. — Gad Elmaleh Copy Share Image
There were two things I used to do to seduce girls: jokes and music. Since I'm not a great pianist, jokes were my thing. — Gad Elmaleh Copy Share Image
When Americans, who have no idea who I am, laugh at my jokes, it's exactly the same if someone loves you even if you're… — Gad Elmaleh Copy Share Image
I talk about my dad and the American dream, and I just want to say to Americans how fascinated we are by America. We… — Gad Elmaleh Copy Share Image
My name, my origins, my background and my experiences are what leveraged my success. The angle of the immigrant, through which I examined the… — Gad Elmaleh Copy Share Image
I love the Comedy Cellar. The audience has no expectations because they don't know me. It's great. It's only winning - if I bomb,… — Gad Elmaleh Copy Share Image
It's a good time to be here in America. You feel that people just want to be together and release the pressure and laugh. — Gad Elmaleh Copy Share Image
My dream is not Hollywood, but to perform my act in English to 30 people in a Soho comedy club, to show New Yorkers… — Gad Elmaleh Copy Share Image
Morocco is completely alive for me because I spent about a third of my life there. The first few times I went back to… — Gad Elmaleh Copy Share Image
Eventually I was saying to myself, maybe it would be better, instead of trying to become an American comedian in France, to mix those… — Gad Elmaleh Copy Share Image
I want to talk to the audience. This is what I've been doing in my work in French forever - talking about small things… — Gad Elmaleh Copy Share Image
In America, going on a date is really more like 'interview night.' You have to give your resume. — Gad Elmaleh Copy Share Image
America is where standup comedy was born. It's the standard. So you want to go and do your job where this is the mecca… — Gad Elmaleh Copy Share Image
After New York, Chicago is my favorite city. It's just this great mix of Europe and America. The friends I have there are smart… — Gad Elmaleh Copy Share Image
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… — Gad Elmaleh Copy Share Image
Americans don't like puns and plays on words, which is totally opposite in the comedy world to France or even Italy and Germany. — Gad Elmaleh Copy Share Image
