François Damiens passed in front of the TF1 camera this weekend, in the program “Sept à Huit”. And if, true to himself, the Belgian humorist made his interlocutor laugh a lot, he also confided seriously in the impact of notoriety on his person and on his shyness.
Because yes, François Damiens is “of a rather shy nature and a little reserved”, he immediately declared to Audrey Crespo-Mara. “So I always took refuge behind little jokes. Maybe to make the person in front of me more uncomfortable than me”.
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Moreover, the success he has had with his hidden cameras and his film roles is not always easy for him to manage. “When I suffer from notoriety – because some days it makes me happy but sometimes it’s a bit disabling – I say to myself ‘In fact, you try to make films that will work better when you sometimes get a little fed up with it’. It’s quite paradoxical”, explained “François L’Embrouille”. Before confiding in his sometimes solitary behavior. “I wouldn’t say I’m depressed, but I can have times when I need to isolate myself, when I don’t want to see anyone. And even if the doorbell rings, I won’t open (….) I don’t like getting up in the morning and I don’t like going to bed at night either.”continued the actor, who defines himself as “a little old man” who needs his routine, and
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