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 of what you do. — 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
