Elmaleh Quotes & Sayings

I go to New York to see live shows, not movies. — Gad Elmaleh

She knew she was going to have trouble believing in herself, in the room of her house, and when she glanced over at this new book on her nightstand, stacked atop the one she finished last night, she reached for it automatically, as if reading were the singular and obvious first task of the day, the only viable way to negotiate the transit from sleep to obligation. — Michael Cunningham

If God himself was not willing to use coercion to force man to accept certain religious views, man, uninspired and liable to error, ought not to use the means that Jehovah would not employ. — William Jennings Bryan

What an orchestra! They just sit there, but their minds are thousands of miles away with their bookies. — Milton Berle

Morocco is completely alive for me because I spent about a third of my life there. The first few times I went back to Casablanca, I walked through the streets and remembered how years earlier I had walked those same streets and prayed that a miracle would happen and I would leave and become famous. — Gad Elmaleh

I've said some stupid things and some wrong things, but not that. No one involved in computers would ever say that a certain amount of memory is enough for all time. — Bill Gates

I don't wish to yearn for yesterday. I want to learn FROM yesterday — Timothy Kendrick

Actually, I don't like dogs. I'm from Morocco, and people there don't like animals. — Gad Elmaleh

Journalists ask me, 'Why don't you ever talk about sex in your performances?' True, I don't talk about sex - not in my personal life and not in my professional life. This is modesty. — Gad Elmaleh

I think part of being a good coach is knowing how to extract the best from different people. — Hope Powell

I like to do comedy. It's my real passion. I want to make people laugh. — Gad Elmaleh

I don't feel any need to play the role of the clown. In my private life I take a break from humor. — Gad Elmaleh

Posing as someone, or something, else is the story of many women and men who have experienced repression and made a bid for freedom. It is the story of a gay U.S. Marine who had to pretend he was straight. It is the story of a Jewish family in Nazi Germany posing as Protestants. It is the story of a black South African who tried to make his skin lighter under apartheid. — Jenny Nordberg

My name, my origins, my background and my experiences are what leveraged my success. The angle of the immigrant, through which I examined the reality in France, distinguished me. — Gad Elmaleh

When you succeed, at a certain point, you want to challenge yourself. Otherwise, you become boring. You become a has-been. It's not very interesting. I don't want to be this guy who has only succeeded in France. I could say, 'O.K., that's it; merci.' But I'm not interested in that. — Gad Elmaleh

My dream is not Hollywood, but to perform my act in English to 30 people in a Soho comedy club, to show New Yorkers what they look like from the French point of view. — Gad Elmaleh

I just want to keep acting and better my craft and see how far it goes. — Barkhad Abdi

There were two things I used to do to seduce girls: jokes and music. Since I'm not a great pianist, jokes were my thing. — Gad Elmaleh

Hate knows that love is the cure. — Stevie Wonder

Comedy in America is very serious. Either they laugh, or they don't. — Gad Elmaleh