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I stay with my family. I try to be a good husband and good dad. That's my real life.
Omar Sy / Actor
Dad
Husband
Real
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I never predicted that I'd be a comedian, but it was something that came so naturally to me. I just felt good doing it.
Omar Sy / Actor
Comedian
Good Me Doing
Naturally
Predicted
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I began in radio in 1997 on a radio show hosted by a now very famous comic, Jamel Debbouze. I would fake call listeners.
Omar Sy / Actor
Famous
Comic
Fake
Listeners
Radio
Began
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Each movie was a challenge for me, as a man, as an actor. After each movie, something changed in my life, in my character.
Omar Sy / Actor
Men
Challenges
Character
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Succesful people are all dreamers. A dream becomes an idea and then something concrete. I think it all starts with a dream.
Omar Sy / Actor
Dream
People
Thinking
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We all have a wrong idea of ourselves. I am always changing, and I will continue to change. So, I never try to describe, define or judge myself.
Omar Sy / Actor
Judging
Trying
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Being a dramatic character was more difficult for me. It was a new thing that I explored because it was challenging. But I love to challenge myself and different things.
Omar Sy / Actor
Challenges
Character
Different
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I really like to kid around, and it's my own way of concentrating. In order for me to be able to feel better and concentrate, I need everybody else around me to be relaxed.
Omar Sy / Actor
Concentrating
Relaxed
Me Better Way
Better Me Feel
Everybody Else
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When I was young, a lot of things were closed off to me. I was always told, 'Don't do this, you can't do that' - instead of stopping me, it made me think, 'I can do that, I must do that.'
Omar Sy / Actor
Stopping
Always Must Me
Closed
Me Young Always
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Actors are always looking for new territory, and playing an African figure would be really a great symbol for me because of my Senegalese roots. It would make my parents proud, so of course I'd do it.
Omar Sy / Actor
Parent
Proud
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When I won the Cesar, I was, first of all, an actor. I have to say, it's humanity first. That's the future. We have to stop seeing the skin color. I believe that's the most powerful way to change mentalities and behavior.
Omar Sy / Actor
Believe
Humanity
Powerful
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People only look at you and say, 'You are black and you are from the banlieue,' and all the doors are closed. I had the desire to be something else. If I see a door that is a little open, I will find a way to get through.
Omar Sy / Actor
Black
Desire
Look People Will
Open
Closed
Look Black People
Door
Something Else
The Doors
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I'm definitely more at ease with comedy - that's where I started out - and so it's my first love, so to speak, and I have more of a sensibility for it and more familiar with it. Having said that, I also want to be open to everything else.
Omar Sy / Actor
Ease
Familiar
First Love
Sensibility
Everything Else
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When I was a boy, my older brothers listened to Earth, Wind & Fire and Kool and the Gang. When I would try to get into their room, they would close the door and say, 'You can't hear that. It's not for a child!' Now, I can listen to it and enjoy it.
Omar Sy / Actor
Earth
Enjoy
Fire
Gang
Wind
Fire Wind Earth
Child
Boy
Brothers
Close
Door
Older
Hear
Listened
Older Brothers
Room
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It's not difficult to move forward when you have nothing to lose. Right? At the time, I had nothing to lose. So, even when people were trying to degrade me, I couldn't let them take the only thing I had, which was my dream. I had to move forward and, thank God, I kept trying.
Omar Sy / Actor
Dream
Moving
People
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We have to stop seeing the skin color. I believe that's the most powerful way to change mentalities and behavior. I had to stop seeing myself in such a limited way. I started doing that as a teenager, and here I am today, because of that. I believe that's the best way to change things for Black people.
Omar Sy / Actor
Believe
Powerful
Teenager
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I understood from a very young age that school was important and that my parents were making great sacrifices for me. Every morning I saw my father get up and go to a job that he didn't really like. They came to France for the same reasons all immigrants move to another country - so their kids could have a better way of life.
Omar Sy / Actor
Age
Country
France
Immigrants
School
Understood
Young
Young Age
Life Morning Great
Job
Better Way
Came
Saw
Parents
Making
Move
Reasons
Sacrifices
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I never thought about being the first black actor to win, even though everybody else talked about that. If I stop to think as a black actor, people will see me differently. If I play as a black actor, people will only see that. I think my key was to perform as an actor, not as a black actor. And after winning the Cesar, I was an actor with a Cesar. there are many more adjectives to describe who I am. I'm not only black.
Omar Sy / Actor
People
Thinking
Winning
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