Behavior Quote by Omar Sy

I never thought about being the first black actor to win, even though everybody else talked about that. If I stop to think as…

— Omar Sy

We have to stop seeing the skin color. I believe that's the most powerful way to change mentalities and behavior. I had to stop…

— Omar Sy

I really like to kid around, and it's my own way of concentrating. In order for me to be able to feel better and…

— Omar Sy

People only look at you and say, 'You are black and you are from the banlieue,' and all the doors are closed. I had…

— Omar Sy

It's not difficult to move forward when you have nothing to lose. Right? At the time, I had nothing to lose. So, even when…

— Omar Sy

When I was a boy, my older brothers listened to Earth, Wind & Fire and Kool and the Gang. When I would try to…

— Omar Sy

Nothing in my younger life could have told me I would have needed to know how to speak English.

— Omar Sy

I understood from a very young age that school was important and that my parents were making great sacrifices for me. Every morning I…

— Omar Sy

I never predicted that I'd be a comedian, but it was something that came so naturally to me. I just felt good doing it.

— Omar Sy

I began in radio in 1997 on a radio show hosted by a now very famous comic, Jamel Debbouze. I would fake call listeners.

— Omar Sy

I'm definitely more at ease with comedy - that's where I started out - and so it's my first love, so to speak, and…

— Omar Sy

We all have a wrong idea of ourselves. I am always changing, and I will continue to change. So, I never try to describe,…

— Omar Sy