In general, the Arab world is an artistic hub that has such a variety, whether it be music, film, poetry. — Ramy Youssef Art 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
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
I grew up with so much of the identity of being Muslim and being Arab tied around politics. — Ramy Youssef Being 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
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 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
Stand-up is cool. In stand-up, you get to learn about yourself if you do it from a thoughtful place. — Ramy Youssef Cool 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'm a clown. I'm a comedian. Comedy, by design, is a place to explore the subconscious. — Ramy Youssef Clown 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 I think Copy Share Image
I didn't want 'Ramy' to be a commercial, like 'Hey, Muslims are good!' We're underrepresented, so the instinct when we get an… — Ramy Youssef Good 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
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
I feel very much rooted in being Egyptian, and I also feel very rooted in being a guy from New Jersey. — Ramy Youssef Being Copy Share Image
I was in school for a little bit at Rutgers for political science, but it was very loose. — Ramy Youssef Political science Copy Share Image
And for me, I reached the point where I know the way I live my life is not conventional, and so I… — Ramy Youssef End Copy Share Image
The stories I always see about a first-generation kid trying to erase where they came from, or trying to just be white,… — Ramy Youssef Always Copy Share Image
I've always been really turned off by a show where you're kind of just rooting for someone regardless of the stupid things… — Ramy Youssef Always 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
I'm not trying to erase my culture or my faith, I'm trying to be the best version of myself, and it's really… — Ramy Youssef Balance Copy Share Image
A lot of people want what I would call sci-fi; people want television to be what they think the world should look… — Ramy Youssef Look Copy Share Image
Being in this industry is so crazy that I don't even know if I could be in it if I didn't have… — Ramy Youssef Crazy Copy Share Image
There's a billion and a half Muslim experiences. All I can give you is my one weird, self-examining perspective. — Ramy Youssef Give Copy Share Image
