Patrick Timsit talks about his very complicated beginnings and says that Gérard Jugnot saved him

This Thursday, November 21, Patrick Timsit was Nathalie Levy's guest in As an aside on Canal+. The actor looked back at the start of his career, marked by complicated moments to get it off the ground.

At a young age, Patrick Timsit left Algeria, where he was born, to settle in France with his parents. While attending school in the Paris region, he made them miserable because of his behavior. So much so that he attended five high schools. School really wasn't for him, so he made a career in real estate before switching to comedy. He then launched into the theater where he began to do one-man shows. He thus presents the show to viewers Women and children to death in 1983, Patrick Timsit lets go in 1987 and Don't look for me! in 1991.

Patrick Timsit remembers struggling in his early days: “It's been a complicated two years“

Although he managed to put on several one-man shows, in reality, Patrick Timsit worked hard to get there. This Thursday, November 21, the actor was Nathalie Levy's guest in As an aside on Canal+ to look back on his career. The opportunity for him to talk about his beginnings. “It's been a complicated two years“he confides. He then experienced “lonely moments” during which he was unable to fill the theaters: “I didn't see myself rowing and then I was lucky enough to meet hands that pulled my head out of the water when I was going to drown, when I was really going to give up“. Because yes, Patrick Timsit thought about putting an end to his budding career. But crossing paths with Gérard Jugnot and Coline Serreau, in particular, allowed him to regain confidence.

He no longer plans to do a one-man show: “We are on a final farewell“

Thanks to these meetings, Patrick Timsit rose to the surface and is today one of the greatest French actors. As for his career as a comedian, he decided to put an end to it in December 2020. And there is no question of him turning back. “This time, we are on a final farewell in the one-man show. It's the fear of seeing too much, the fear of not being inspired anymore (…) I prefer to be told 'why are you stopping? Are you sure?', rather than 'yeah, it's good to stop, we had to'”, he explains before concluding, “I stopped before I was advised to do so.“

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