Top 30 Ramy Youssef Quotes

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A lot of people want what I would call sci-fi; people want television to be what they think the world should look like. That is different than what I do.
Ramy Youssef
Stand-up is cool. In stand-up, you get to learn about yourself if you do it from a thoughtful place.
Ramy Youssef
I would get a lot of roles for the ethnic friend and then I would go in for that and not be ethnic enough. They wanted an Indian accent. They wanted something more very visually, clearly specific.
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
We’re not all Jon Stewart. I know I’m not. I dropped out of college. Why would you come to me for anything that may influence your fact-based perspective? I think that the job of a comic is to be emotionally true.
Ramy Youssef
And for me, I reached the point where I know the way I live my life is not conventional, and so I feel like whatever relationship I do end up in is also not going to be conventional. So I don’t operate from feeling like I have to be with someone who is Muslim, or the other way around.
Ramy Youssef
You could probably convince me that North Jersey and South Jersey should be two separate states. They’re just so different.
Ramy Youssef
If you want a show to talk about politics or the Muslim ban or whatever – someone should make that show. That’s not what I’m interested in.
Ramy Youssef
What I really like about stand-up is there’s 100 people in a room, and you can just feel the pulse. It’s very human.
Ramy Youssef
In a gray area, you don’t have to provide an answer. And I don’t want to. I don’t want to make a comedy that’s like, well, here’s the answer. I don’t want to make a comedy that’s like, this is how to be a Muslim.
Ramy Youssef
My generation grew up on ‘The Daily Show.’ Jon Stewart gave me solace. He was the only person who I felt defended Muslims when crazy things were happening; the only place you could find a nuanced take on Iraq was Jon Stewart’s show.
Ramy Youssef
Ramy’ is based on a lot of personal things, and it’s interesting to see how many people feel like it’s their story. And how many people view it as this democratic thing that should represent them.
Ramy Youssef
I don’t really like comedy that gives you answers.
Ramy Youssef
We talk a lot about our identities, and we talk a lot about working to clear misconceptions about those identities. But it’d be really cool to see someone like myself not even have to talk about being Muslim or Egyptian, because it’s just understood. We can all just be weird and not have to explain everything.
Ramy Youssef
I just feel like the most important conversations I’ve had in my life have been at a diner counter.
Ramy Youssef
We’re built to need a thing. I do think everyone has god. It’s just, who’s god for you? Is it god in the sky? Is it Shantel who teaches hot yoga Thursday mornings? Is it the person you’re in a relationship with? I hope not.
Ramy Youssef
I think so much of real life is this avoidance of getting into the not knowing. So much of my life, I’ve been running from just admitting that I don’t know.
Ramy Youssef
I’m a clown. I’m a comedian. Comedy, by design, is a place to explore the subconscious.
Ramy Youssef
I got a camera at a very young age, but I always kind of thought of it as a hobby.
Ramy Youssef
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
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
I think that religious culture and the industry of religion pretty much deserves most of the heat that it gets.
Ramy Youssef
Representation is actually when the character doesn’t have lines, but the camera is lingering on them in their thoughts after something happened, and then we get to see them walk to their car. You really need to follow a character in order to understand what they’re going through.
Ramy Youssef
I actually want to hold on to where I came from, and also I want to be at this bar in Brooklyn, even if I’m not drinking at all. What does that tension look like? It’s less an attack on the parents and more an interrogation of personal guilt, personal responsibility. That’s my internal dialogue.
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 mean, the title of my show is my name. That’s not because I was an established voice. It’s because of a rising number of outlets, and an increased willingness to take risks. All the sudden, people like me are finding themselves in the position to make things.
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
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
All I had growing up was like ‘Aladdin,’ maybe I could be animated – or terrorist roles.
Ramy Youssef
I got to a point where I wanted to have some dignity in what I’m saying onstage. I want people to hear what I’m saying, regardless of whether or not it gets a laugh. That became a lot more rewarding than straight acting could ever be for me.
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