Stand-up is cool. In stand-up, you get to learn about yourself if you do it from a thoughtful place. — Ramy Youssef Comedy Copy Share Image
I'm a clown. I'm a comedian. Comedy, by design, is a place to explore the subconscious. — Ramy Youssef Clown Copy Share Image
In general, the Arab world is an artistic hub that has such a variety, whether it be music, film, poetry. — Ramy Youssef Arab Copy Share Image
I just feel like the most important conversations I've had in my life have been at a diner counter. — Ramy Youssef Communication Copy Share Image
I grew up with so much of the identity of being Muslim and being Arab tied around politics. — Ramy Youssef Arab Copy Share Image
Meeting at our fault lines is much more interesting to me than meeting at shared values. I'm not trying to sell you… — Ramy Youssef Fault Copy Share Image
I don't even want a song to ramp up the drama, you know? I want music to be there only when it… — Ramy Youssef Drama Copy Share Image
I don't want to protect my characters. I don't do it with Muslims, either. My job is not to make us look… — Ramy Youssef Islam Copy Share Image
There is a fine line between faith and confidence. Confidence has a self-reliance. Faith is really about giving in. — Ramy Youssef Confidence Copy Share Image
What I really like about stand-up is there's 100 people in a room, and you can just feel the pulse. It's very human. — Ramy Youssef Comedy Copy Share Image
I think if you make a show where you try to make a character look good, not only is it kind of… — Ramy Youssef Character Copy Share Image
Well, you know, I try to show my parents anything I'm about to do, probably anywhere from, like, 48 to 72 hours… — Ramy Youssef Anything Copy Share Image
My mom spent like a decade of her life living in Paris, and I grew up listening to a lot of French… — Ramy Youssef Life Copy Share Image
What I would love for my 30s is to just not have expectations. I don't want to assume anything about my 30s… — Ramy Youssef Expectations Copy Share Image
We talk a lot about our identities, and we talk a lot about working to clear misconceptions about those identities. But it'd… — Ramy Youssef Cool Copy Share Image
I try to be as specific as possible when saying 'Arab Muslims' because there are a lot of different Muslims. I've never… — Ramy Youssef America Copy Share Image
Representation is actually when the character doesn't have lines, but the camera is lingering on them in their thoughts after something happened,… — Ramy Youssef Camera Copy Share Image
The only thing I would tell my younger self is, 'Don't pay a lot of money for head shots.' There's always some… — Ramy Youssef Money Copy Share Image
I mean, the title of my show is my name. That's not because I was an established voice. It's because of a… — Ramy Youssef Finding Copy Share Image
I actually want to hold on to where I came from, and also I want to be at this bar in Brooklyn,… — Ramy Youssef Communication Copy Share Image
I think showing people being messy and showing them being wrong and showing them in their humanity is something that we can… — Ramy Youssef Change Copy Share Image
I just remember always wanting to make things. That was what was really interesting to me, but I had no career goal… — Ramy Youssef Business Copy Share Image
I would get a lot of roles for the ethnic friend and then I would go in for that and not be… — Ramy Youssef Enough Copy Share Image
I always felt like the only messaging I was hearing around faith was, you need to be perfect or you can leave. — Ramy Youssef Always Copy Share Image
This is my point of view, and that's why I call the show 'Ramy'. I made the show that I would want… — Ramy Youssef Only Copy Share Image
I'm getting in front of real, diverse audiences every night that I can, and I'm trying to make things from an angle… — Ramy Youssef Audience Copy Share Image
North Jersey is one of the best places on earth. I love living there. I want to raise my kids there. It's… — Ramy Youssef Best Copy Share Image
There's always going to be a gap between what you believe and what you actually do, regardless of what your background is. — Ramy Youssef Actually Copy Share Image
You could probably convince me that North Jersey and South Jersey should be two separate states. They're just so different. — Ramy Youssef Convince Copy Share Image
I think so much of real life is this avoidance of getting into the not knowing. So much of my life, I've… — Ramy Youssef Knowing Copy Share Image
In a gray area, you don't have to provide an answer. And I don't want to. I don't want to make a… — Ramy Youssef Answer Copy Share Image
I think that religious culture and the industry of religion pretty much deserves most of the heat that it gets. — Ramy Youssef Culture Copy Share Image
We're not all Jon Stewart. I know I'm not. I dropped out of college. Why would you come to me for anything… — Ramy Youssef Comic Copy Share Image
There's this idea that when you say you're Muslim, that you're either all in or you're trying to escape it. I love… — Ramy Youssef Escape Copy Share Image
I've never had a particularly good experience in the Hollywood Hills. I love Hollywood, but there's something about the Hills where I'm… — Ramy Youssef Experience Copy Share Image
And so I remember moving to LA, going to the Islamic center in Hollywood and feeling like the cultural element wasn't what… — Ramy Youssef Cool Copy Share Image
I got a camera at a very young age, but I always kind of thought of it as a hobby. — Ramy Youssef Age Copy Share Image
That's what you do if you're from Jersey. You make a big decision at a diner at 3 in the morning. — Ramy Youssef Big Copy Share Image
I was in school for a little bit at Rutgers for political science, but it was very loose. — Ramy Youssef Loose Copy Share Image
