When they don't know you, when you don't have credits and they're thinking, 'I don't know this French guy,' your first five minutes are trying to seduce them, trying to get them on your side. And it's not easy.

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.

Americans don't like puns and plays on words, which is totally opposite in the comedy world to France or even Italy and Germany.

If I were bombing with my jokes in English, I would go back to France. Maybe do that mime thing.

America is where standup comedy was born. It's the standard. So you want to go and do your job where this is the mecca of what you do.