Alexandre Pesle takes you into show business.

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Nice-Premium: You are here to present your show “Advice for Young People Who Want to Enter Show Business”. Is it important to do it in Nice?

Alexandre Pesle: Yes, of course. It’s important to perform it everywhere so it can be seen by as many people as possible. I decided to start in small venues, to learn my craft and have fun. Coming to perform at Tรฉocali fills me with joy. I am very happy to be in Nice. In fact, I perform regularly in the region, so I had to come to Nice.

N-P: You give advice to the audience on entering show business.

A.P.: That’s right, but they are somewhat dodgy pieces of advice. Thankfully, they’re not from real-life experiences. Everything is made up because they are rather peculiar tips. If you want to have fun and laugh, come see my show. If you want to take my advice, move along.

N-P: You have extensive experience and a huge resume. How did you get here?

A.P.: First, thanks to chance. I was childhood friends with Dominique Farrugia, so he made me realize that if I wanted to mess around, I should do it with his buddies (Alain) Chabat, (Bruno) Carette, and (Chantal) Lauby. That’s how I started after leaving my job in advertising. I joined Les Nuls and became part of the Canal adventure during Pierre Lescure’s time. That’s what we now call, the historical Canal. We were lucky because he was a great boss who let us do absolutely whatever we wanted. It was an amazing experience.

N-P: Today, you are mostly known for your role as Sylvain in “Camรฉra Cafรฉ” on M6. Has this role changed your life?

A.P.: Not really. Actually, what changed is that I now do my shopping a bit less peacefully than before, but people are super nice. What’s astonishing is that I thought the success of “Kaamelott” would diminish the enthusiasm. I have a real nostalgia for “Camรฉra Cafรฉ” which is settling in, and I discover it a little along with the audience. I think it was a fantastic human adventure to undertake. It’s worth knowing that “Camรฉra Cafรฉ” was rejected almost everywhere before it existed. Today, the program is a hit all over Europe and around the world. It’s a great story. It has changed my life a little but not much. Moreover, I’m now too old to get a big head, so it hasn’t changed much for me.

N-P: How much of Alexandre Pesle is in Sylvain?

A.P.: The part of me is that I have a great fondness for everything naive, for all the people who fight, for those who don’t realize who they are. Thankfully, by the way, people are not all aware of who they are, otherwise, there would be many more suicides in France. There are many things I find touching in this character.

N-P: Today, you have notoriety. What gets you up in the morning?

A.P.: Writing films and stories. Right now, I am writing for cinema. But above all, it’s my son that gets me up in the morning. I have to take him to school. I still have plenty of dreams; fame is something very incidental to me. I couldn’t care less. What I want today is to do my job, do it well, take risks because when you’re on stage, you take risks. That, as we say in French, is thrilling (sic). It’s all about having new challenges and always daring. I don’t like old comedians who say that what young people do is rubbish. I still have desire, I still have plenty of dreams. I want to go to Hollywood, see how far I can go in this profession. I feel very privileged, but I worked to achieve all this.

N-P: You mentioned that you perform a lot in venues on the Cรดte d’Azur. What do you like about the region?

A.P.: Many things. I love the people, the climate, the sun. It takes me away from Paris, which has become inhuman. I like wandering around the provinces. I am very happy with my tour. I’ll be back in Cap d’Ail in March, I’ll be in Antibes in February. I am thrilled to perform my show, have it tour, and be in demand here and there. It is a great satisfaction for me.

N-P: Could we one day imagine you writing about Nice?

A.P.: I can’t write about Nice as a Niรงois even though I have family here. But I would love to do something about the Cรดte d’Azur and the casinos. I would love to write a French version of Ocean’s Eleven (a film about a casino heist in Las Vegas with George Clooney, Matt Damon, and Brad Pitt among others, Editor’s Note) or a film about this universe. Nice is a city I love very much with its hinterland. I have ties there, but I couldn’t be the Parisian who says “Nice is my city of heart, Paris is rubbish.” I couldn’t do it.

Information:

Theater le Teocali
16, Rue Benoit Bunico
06300 Nice
Tel: 04 93 62 91 18
Mobile: 06 60 91 39 68

Friday 9th and Saturday 10th November at 8:30 PM

Box Office:
09/11/2007 โ€“ 10/11/2007: Open seating โ€“ Full Price: โ‚ฌ15.00
09/11/2007 โ€“ 10/11/2007: Student Price: โ‚ฌ12.00

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