Ramy Youssef

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.

It is very freeing to kind of show up and focus on one thing and also to help somebody else's vision. And I really like that. Not even just as an actor, but as in the creative process. I just really like seeing... pieces of art that should exist, get to exist.

It is very freeing to kind of show up and focus on one thing and also to help somebody else's vision. And I really like that. Not even just as an actor, but as in the creative process. I just really like seeing... pieces of art that should exist, get to exist.

You know, I think one of the strangest things, you know, when we were making, you know, my first show, Rami, it was called Rami truly out of, like, lack of a better option that any of us could find. I mean, I really did not want that, mainly because I also knew half the people would pronounce it Rami. But I was really like, something about this isn't exactly how I work.

You know, I think one of the strangest things, you know, when we were making, you know, my first show, Rami, it was called Rami truly out of, like, lack of a better option that any of us could find. I mean, I really did not want that, mainly because I also knew half the people would pronounce it Rami. But I was really like, something about this isn't exactly how I work.

And I think the best stories... are serving a philosophy. And I've certainly felt that with your ghost. And I felt that with Jesse. And it's the way that I like to work as well, where you're not feeling this. There's none of this. I'm the director energy or I'm the star energy. It's a bunch of people kind of almost coming together saying, okay, we got together to talk about this.

And I think the best stories... are serving a philosophy. And I've certainly felt that with your ghost. And I felt that with Jesse. And it's the way that I like to work as well, where you're not feeling this. There's none of this. I'm the director energy or I'm the star energy. It's a bunch of people kind of almost coming together saying, okay, we got together to talk about this.

this one idea, you know, that's, what's exciting about making something is, is that process is like the reach, you know? And, and, and, and I think that's also what's kind of been this really interesting thing.

this one idea, you know, that's, what's exciting about making something is, is that process is like the reach, you know? And, and, and, and I think that's also what's kind of been this really interesting thing.

You know, I have friends in tech who've messaged me lately, you know, with some of the stuff saying, you know, dude, like, look at this, you know, AI movies, you can make the entire movie with AI. You know, I was like, I want to make the movie. Like I want to struggle with it and I want to reach, and I want to do it with a group of people because like,

You know, I have friends in tech who've messaged me lately, you know, with some of the stuff saying, you know, dude, like, look at this, you know, AI movies, you can make the entire movie with AI. You know, I was like, I want to make the movie. Like I want to struggle with it and I want to reach, and I want to do it with a group of people because like,

You know, there's this spiritual connection that just does something totally different. And I think, you know, yeah, that link you're drawing, I don't know that I would have even framed it that way. But as you asked the question, I'm like, oh, yeah, there is this kinship in all of these things. And, you know, certainly this animated show that we're about to put out was...

You know, there's this spiritual connection that just does something totally different. And I think, you know, yeah, that link you're drawing, I don't know that I would have even framed it that way. But as you asked the question, I'm like, oh, yeah, there is this kinship in all of these things. And, you know, certainly this animated show that we're about to put out was...

maybe even the biggest group effort I've been a part of because so much of it was out of my hands in terms of, you know, the design stuff and the animation stuff.

maybe even the biggest group effort I've been a part of because so much of it was out of my hands in terms of, you know, the design stuff and the animation stuff.

You know, to get to work with Mona Chalabi, to get to work with all these animators who kind of, you know, so many of the best jokes we have are visual ones that I was surprised by when I was watching back things that they interpreted from the script. And so, yeah, that style of working is kind of the only way I want to work ever.

You know, to get to work with Mona Chalabi, to get to work with all these animators who kind of, you know, so many of the best jokes we have are visual ones that I was surprised by when I was watching back things that they interpreted from the script. And so, yeah, that style of working is kind of the only way I want to work ever.

Honestly, like there probably wouldn't be a project if she didn't say yes. Because I was like, you know, I had written, at that point I had written the pilot with Pam who came from the South Park world and is such a great comedic collaborator. And then I felt, okay, but as we go into making this, the visual world that we want, when I look at Mona Chalabi's work, she's so good at,

Honestly, like there probably wouldn't be a project if she didn't say yes. Because I was like, you know, I had written, at that point I had written the pilot with Pam who came from the South Park world and is such a great comedic collaborator. And then I felt, okay, but as we go into making this, the visual world that we want, when I look at Mona Chalabi's work, she's so good at,

like you said, at breaking down these really wild statistics or questions and actually making them really poppy and colorful and something that you want to look at before you even know what you're looking at. It just kind of grabs your eye. And I felt there was already kind of this kinship with what she was doing to what I thought was the medium of animation could do for this particular story.