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Ramy Youssef
Profession : Comedian
Birth : March 26, 1991
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I don't really like comedy that gives you answers.
Ramy Youssef
That's what you do if you're from Jersey. You make a big decision at a diner at 3 in the morning.
Ramy Youssef
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
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
I grew up with so much of the identity of being Muslim and being Arab tied around politics.
Ramy Youssef
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
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
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
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
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 hard. I don't think I'm right, I don't claim to be correct, I'm just trying to figure it out and figure out a balance.
Ramy Youssef
There's a billion and a half Muslim experiences. All I can give you is my one weird, self-examining perspective.
Ramy Youssef
All I had growing up was like 'Aladdin,' maybe I could be animated - or terrorist roles.
Ramy Youssef
I think showing people being messy and showing them being wrong and showing them in their humanity is something that we can do, but it becomes difficult because there's this weight put on comedy to be part of change and I'm like, 'I don't think it changes anything.'
Ramy Youssef
The only thing I would tell my younger self is, 'Don't pay a lot of money for head shots.' There's always some dude in Brooklyn that's like, 'Dude, this is gonna get you the job.' And he convinces you you've got to pay $700. You don't! Your head shot doesn't matter!
Ramy Youssef
The stories I always see about a first-generation kid trying to erase where they came from, or trying to just be white, I would watch those shows or movies and I was like, 'I don't get this.' This isn't how I feel.
Ramy Youssef
There's this idea that when you say you're Muslim, that you're either all in or you're trying to escape it. I love the idea of gradations and levels, just like everybody else has.
Ramy Youssef
I didn't want 'Ramy' to be a commercial, like 'Hey, Muslims are good!' We're underrepresented, so the instinct when we get an opportunity like this is to show people that we're good, that we have the same shared values. What's more important to me is showing that we have the same flaws.
Ramy Youssef
I don't even want a song to ramp up the drama, you know? I want music to be there only when it really enhances the feeling.
Ramy Youssef
In general, the Arab world is an artistic hub that has such a variety, whether it be music, film, poetry.
Ramy Youssef
My mom spent like a decade of her life living in Paris, and I grew up listening to a lot of French music as well as Arabic music.
Ramy Youssef
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