💬Interview
Off camera: marriage is fate, comedy is the dream
In a candid conversation, Karim Elemary painted a calm picture of what occupies him away from the screen.
Destiny
He believes marriage is a matter of destiny and not a current priority. But if he meets someone he loves, he would not turn the idea down on the grounds of not being ready.
Family
He grew up in a home where his parents lived apart, which is why he says he does not want his own children to go through the same experience.
A comedy dream
He hopes to make a comedy with a professional comic actor — respectful comedy free of vulgarity — which, in his view, much of today’s comedy lacks.
A pilot’s calm… and an actor’s ambition.
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