Miming is my happy place. Mime is the art of silence and of immediate communication between all cultures. With mime it is possible to make yourself understood everywhere in the world - human emotions are the same worldwide.
I grew up in western France, in Besancon, and my earliest memory is of seeing a performance by Marcel Marceau, the greatest mime artist (along with Charlie Chaplin). I understood straight away that I had the right disposition for miming and my work alongside Marcel Marceau confirmed this. He was the one who helped me, guided me and trained me.
At first I was his pupil, then he suggested that I be his assistant and accompany him on his world tours, and finally I became the administrator of his school.
When you are trained in the art of mime you are more likely to be an all-round actor, to be an expressive singer on stage, or to be a musician at ease before an audience - even politicians should try miming.
The most difficult thing about mime is trying not to replace the spoken word. Mime is there to complement speech, and to make the invisible visible - that is, to show what one cannot usually see.
