“Storytelling, for my father, is something natural,” explains Marcel Sabourin’s eldest son, Jérôme. “He can talk for hours, he’s unstoppable. And it has a hypnotic side, because with my father, everything is crazy, but everything comes together at the same time. »
Episode 3: Marcel Sabourin
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Actor Marcel Sabourin with journalist and podcast host Dominic Tardif.
With Marcel Sabourin, everything is crazy, but everything fits. The legendary actor welcomes us into his home for a true lesson in wonder, during which we talk about his categorical rejection of slander, the songs he wrote for Robert Charlebois and the incredible mystery of life.
Three quotes from our interview
On his linguistic awareness during his first visit to Paris
“I realized that I did not speak French and that to speak French, as an actor, I would have to counteract 236 circuits inside myself and my brain. So if you counter 236 circuits, speech does not flourish at ease and happy to go where it is going as it is. »
About his favorite song among those he wrote for Charlebois
“ Chu d’in [la deuxième partie de la fresque Fu Man Chu], it’s quite fun. Because yes, we are in it. Everyone is years old. The universe is inside. There’s no way not to be in it. It was written on the edge of a table, because Robert didn’t want to write any more songs. »
About his parents
“It is certain that what they left me is to be attentive to others and fortunately, because an actor is attentive to himself, he is full of himself -even. Fortunately my father was a pharmacist: that awakened me to people’s suffering. Even though I am an actor and very egocentric, I am easily touched. »
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