“What I have become, I owe to them”

Pierre Arditi was invited this Saturday, January 11 in the morning show of Europe 1 on the occasion of his return to the stage through the play called The Price. At Julia Vignali's microphone, he took the opportunity to pay tribute to the women in his life.

Pierre Arditi is back. A year and a half after suffering two bouts of illness, the 80-year-old actor returns to the stage at the Hébertot theater in Paris from January 22. Until March 30, he will give the answer to Ludmila Mikaël through the play by Cyril Gely called The Price. On this occasion, Pierre Arditi was invited to the Europe 1 morning show this Saturday, January 11. As he spoke about his role, he took the opportunity to pay tribute to women, and in particular to those who are or have been part of his life. “I owe everything to womenhe began at Julia Vignali’s microphone. I always said it.”

“I have become a man in my own right, and rather someone who has, more or less, what he hoped for from himself”, he continued. Before emphasizing: “More I only owe it to women .” “To my mother firsthe clarified. And then to those who have given me the honor and the happiness of sharing my existence sometimes for a long time, sometimes less long, but what I have become I owe to them.” During the interview, he also explained that he “always thought that men were not particularly courageous”, also recalling the importance of women in our societies.

Pierre Arditi back on stage: he talks about his fears

Faced with Julia Vignali, Pierre Arditi also expressed his concerns regarding his return to the theater stage. Because, with sixty years of career under his belt, he is aware that, “very immodestly” some people come to see him. A situation facing which the actor has some fears. “I'm no longer afraid of them, but I'm afraid of myself, because I say to myself: 'Am I going to live up to what these people who are kind enough to come see me are waiting?'”, Pierre Arditi confided on the microphone to Kad Merad's companion. “Will it surprise them, it will interest them, it will amuse them?”he even asked himself. “I would like not to be below what they expect”he then said, always keen to satisfy his audience.