I love Narcy, he’s such a good artist. I know him personally, he’s a friend. He’s of my generation – he puts out a lot of stuff through music that are themes I like to hit on in my writing and comedy. Ramy Youssef Read Quote
There’s who you think you are and who you want to be, and then who you actually are. Ramy Youssef Read Quote
I don’t want to protect my characters. I don’t do it with Muslims, either. My job is not to make us look perfect. My job is to make us look messy. Ramy Youssef Read Quote
I’m getting in front of real, diverse audiences every night that I can, and I’m trying to make things from an angle where it’s not the only thing I’m hanging my hat on. Ramy Youssef Read Quote
My dad is an amazing human being. He – just a hard worker. Just that thing you think about with, like, just anyone who comes this country – that’s my dad. He can do anything. Not just at work – comes home, he can cook, he can clean, fix the toilet, fix the car. He learned all these jobs just so he’d never have to pay another man. Ramy Youssef Read Quote
Well, you know, I try to show my parents anything I’m about to do, probably anywhere from, like, 48 to 72 hours before it comes out to the public. Ramy Youssef Read Quote
We’re constantly rationalizing where we stand and our own code and dealing with, you know, how you can be the best version of yourself. Ramy Youssef Read Quote
And so I remember moving to LA, going to the Islamic center in Hollywood and feeling like the cultural element wasn’t what we were operating from as much as the spiritual one, and that was really cool. That was really good for, you know, my growth and my development. Ramy Youssef Read Quote
I just remember always wanting to make things. That was what was really interesting to me, but I had no career goal in sight. I didn’t know anybody that had anything to do with show business. Ramy Youssef Read Quote
My job is to show our humanity, and the only way to be leading with that sort of humanity is to lead with the problems that a family like this might be encountering and putting those on display. Ramy Youssef Read Quote
