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, they just say, ‘Oh, the French guy sucks.’ But if I do well, then they remember me. Gad Elmaleh Read Quote
I was in a steak house once, and someone proposed. I was so embarrassed. The woman started crying, and I thought, ‘She was just proposed to in a steak house – I’d be crying, too.’ Gad Elmaleh Read Quote
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 not rich and famous. Gad Elmaleh Read Quote
There’s so many funny things to say about being with Charlotte. I’ve worked on a few bits about it – not to be indiscreet but because the shock of culture and values is so interesting. Gad Elmaleh Read Quote
If I were bombing with my jokes in English, I would go back to France. Maybe do that mime thing. Gad Elmaleh Read Quote
In America, going on a date is really more like ‘interview night.’ You have to give your resume. Gad Elmaleh Read Quote
I want to talk to the audience. This is what I’ve been doing in my work in French forever – talking about small things becoming big problems. I notice all the details, all the tiny little things. Gad Elmaleh Read Quote
Eventually I was saying to myself, maybe it would be better, instead of trying to become an American comedian in France, to mix those two styles and those two genres. Because of course it’s good to be efficient and sharp, and to have a joke every twenty seconds, but it can be a little cold and dry. Gad Elmaleh Read Quote
I did movies because I was flattered and for money and because I wanted to kiss Sophie Marceau. Gad Elmaleh Read Quote
