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Ramy Youssef

👤 Speaker
889 total appearances

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The Daily
'The Interview': Ramy Youssef Is Just Trying to Be ‘Emotionally Correct’

hey, this is what I do. This kind of is who I am. And there's something about the solidifying of at least parts of it that feel necessary. And so I think that is something I've really been exploring a lot on stage that has been very fun and different and new for me.

The Daily
'The Interview': Ramy Youssef Is Just Trying to Be ‘Emotionally Correct’

Yes. On the way, it will happen. Yeah. Brace yourself. Yeah.

The Daily
'The Interview': Ramy Youssef Is Just Trying to Be ‘Emotionally Correct’

Yes. On the way, it will happen. Yeah. Brace yourself. Yeah.

The Daily
'The Interview': Ramy Youssef Is Just Trying to Be ‘Emotionally Correct’

I try as much as possible to be in a position of, okay, here's what I know. Here's the larger thing I'm trying to solve. And then honestly kind of like beg people to help me. Just be like, please, please help me. How do we do this? Can we do this together?

The Daily
'The Interview': Ramy Youssef Is Just Trying to Be ‘Emotionally Correct’

I try as much as possible to be in a position of, okay, here's what I know. Here's the larger thing I'm trying to solve. And then honestly kind of like beg people to help me. Just be like, please, please help me. How do we do this? Can we do this together?

The Daily
'The Interview': Ramy Youssef Is Just Trying to Be ‘Emotionally Correct’

Hey, are you all right? I heard you were not feeling well.

The Daily
'The Interview': Ramy Youssef Is Just Trying to Be ‘Emotionally Correct’

Hey, are you all right? I heard you were not feeling well.

The Daily
'The Interview': Ramy Youssef Is Just Trying to Be ‘Emotionally Correct’

Oh my God, I'm so sorry. It's totally fine. I'm hoping it was elective surgery that was cosmetic that you both wanted.

The Daily
'The Interview': Ramy Youssef Is Just Trying to Be ‘Emotionally Correct’

Oh my God, I'm so sorry. It's totally fine. I'm hoping it was elective surgery that was cosmetic that you both wanted.

The Daily
'The Interview': Ramy Youssef Is Just Trying to Be ‘Emotionally Correct’

Well, I'm glad you're better.

The Daily
'The Interview': Ramy Youssef Is Just Trying to Be ‘Emotionally Correct’

Well, I'm glad you're better.

The Daily
'The Interview': Ramy Youssef Is Just Trying to Be ‘Emotionally Correct’

You're kind of like right on the money because it's like I think that without giving away too much, there's like this video tech on our on our shoot, Andre, who actually loads our phones. So they feel like real phones with real headlines. And I've been having this experience where it's like I go home at the end of the day and I'm looking at my phone and I'm like, wait, is this Andre's phone?

The Daily
'The Interview': Ramy Youssef Is Just Trying to Be ‘Emotionally Correct’

You're kind of like right on the money because it's like I think that without giving away too much, there's like this video tech on our on our shoot, Andre, who actually loads our phones. So they feel like real phones with real headlines. And I've been having this experience where it's like I go home at the end of the day and I'm looking at my phone and I'm like, wait, is this Andre's phone?

The Daily
'The Interview': Ramy Youssef Is Just Trying to Be ‘Emotionally Correct’

Are these headlines real? So much of, yeah, so much of what's occurring in real life and kind of how this confluence of, you know, government and tech and all these things, yeah, is, you know, again, without going too much into it, is like what's happening, you know, and what we're portraying. And so it's been so, yeah, so surreal. Yeah.

The Daily
'The Interview': Ramy Youssef Is Just Trying to Be ‘Emotionally Correct’

Are these headlines real? So much of, yeah, so much of what's occurring in real life and kind of how this confluence of, you know, government and tech and all these things, yeah, is, you know, again, without going too much into it, is like what's happening, you know, and what we're portraying. And so it's been so, yeah, so surreal. Yeah.

The Daily
'The Interview': Ramy Youssef Is Just Trying to Be ‘Emotionally Correct’

Yeah, it's amazing. I mean, I think, you know, on one level, like from a technical point of view, um, to get to be an actor for someone with a vision like your ghost or Jesse, it's just really cool because you're only doing one thing, you know? And I think, um,

The Daily
'The Interview': Ramy Youssef Is Just Trying to Be ‘Emotionally Correct’

Yeah, it's amazing. I mean, I think, you know, on one level, like from a technical point of view, um, to get to be an actor for someone with a vision like your ghost or Jesse, it's just really cool because you're only doing one thing, you know? And I think, um,

The Daily
'The Interview': Ramy Youssef Is Just Trying to Be ‘Emotionally Correct’

A lot of the opportunities that I have been able to have, I'm very much doing so many different parts of it because that was just how it went. I tried many years just being an auditioning actor and that wasn't exactly... No one ever knew what to do with me. It was always kind of like, well, you're not... You know, you're not in, you know, you're not this Indian character we wrote.

The Daily
'The Interview': Ramy Youssef Is Just Trying to Be ‘Emotionally Correct’

A lot of the opportunities that I have been able to have, I'm very much doing so many different parts of it because that was just how it went. I tried many years just being an auditioning actor and that wasn't exactly... No one ever knew what to do with me. It was always kind of like, well, you're not... You know, you're not in, you know, you're not this Indian character we wrote.

The Daily
'The Interview': Ramy Youssef Is Just Trying to Be ‘Emotionally Correct’

We don't know if you're the friend or the leading guy. It was always all of that stuff. And so I kind of was very much feeling like I wanted to create a specific frequency. And I've been very lucky to get to do that, again, with a lot of support. But then... To get to now be at a place where people understand what it is that I do and are excited to do it.