Samuel Bambi, letting go to reach the stars

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Onset met comedian and humorist Samuel Bambi. His beginnings, the setbacks suffered along the way, his professionalization and finally, his successes: Samuel Bambi tells his story. With ease.

When he started to go on stage at 17, Samuel Bambi was "no good". "Really bad" even, "it lasted a year". The actor does not let go, however.

“The best advice I can give to a budding comedian is to “play as many times as possible”. To test himself as much as necessary to "find his clown", the character who puts him at ease, who works best with the public.

The consecration comes during an evening show where the famous Jamel is present. “We had turned the room around,” he says. His talent allows him to join the Jamel Comedy Club and to be invited to Marrakech du Rire. After three years of performing on stage with his friend Younes, Samuel Bambi decided to pursue his solo career.

A complicated new start. "It was a disaster." "I took walls, walls, walls, but I knew that I had to go through it to better hatch". A useful suffering on which Samuel Bambi feeds. To test himself again and again, he regularly performs in front of small audiences "of three or four people".

Humor cannot be learned, according to the actor. He nevertheless admits that "for people who are really afraid" of performing on stage, going through a school can be beneficial. Acquire writing techniques and practice in front of classmates to prepare to take the plunge, in front of a real audience.

The worst memory of his life is still burning in the mind of the comedian. "It was at the Alpe d'Huez Festival, there was everyone, Omar Sy, Dany Boon...". What follows is “a monumental flop. It lasted 8 minutes”, in front of the entire profession, agents and talent scouts included. Samuel Bambi is recovering and his career is still evolving, on television this time.

He offers the program Clique on Canal + to embody the emblematic role of the miss weather forecast, a risk-taking for the comedian who pays off. This is the trigger: faced with the pressure of writing twice a week sketches broadcast in prime time, the actor exorcises his fears. "Before I was afraid of stage fright, now I'm looking for this lump in my stomach," he explains.

For beginners, Samuel Bambi offers some advice: "You need persistence, you have to keep going, keep going, keep going...you don't stop". Stay in the middle without letting go to blend in and be noticed. “The sun shines for everyone and there is room for everyone” recalls the comedian.