Alexis Patri 3:21 p.m., December 19, 2021

At the microphone of Isabelle Morizet in the program "There is not only one life in life" Sunday, the playwright, actor and director Alexis Michalik looks back on his personal and professional journey.

And in particular on his decision not to go to the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art in Paris, which he had yet passed the competition.

INTERVIEW

Some apprentice actors would be ready to do almost anything to get into it.

Alexis Michalik refused to go to the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art in Paris, which he had yet passed and passed the competition.

The playwright, actor and director, 39-year-old French theater prodigy with five Molières explains his decision on Sunday on Europe 1, on the occasion of his invitation to Isabelle Morizet's program 

There is no not just a lifetime in a lifetime

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"I took this competition because I wanted to go to the Conservatory, quite simply," he explains.

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But, as he passed the various tests of the competition, Alexis Michalik realizes that he will have to commit to three years of study, without working, if he integrates the prestigious training.

Between the second and the third round, the director at the time, Claude Stratz, questioned him: "I see that you are already working, that you have an agent ... Are you not going to let us go afterwards? 'a year? This pity, because it places someone in it. "

"I have never regretted my decision"

"It's a fair enough argument. And indeed, I really want to work. But, if I stop before the third round, I will be told that I gave up because I was not going to have the competition. ", then replies Alexis Michalik.

He was finally admitted to the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art in Paris.

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The actor then wonders if he really wants to spend three years in a school when he wants to work and carry out his own projects.

"In the end, I wrote a letter to say that I was leaving my place. And they drafted a lucky winner," he says.

“A lot of times when you get the things you dream of, you wonder if you really want them. I never regretted my decision, because after that I started putting on shows. rather not too badly. "