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" For me, everything definitely comes from music. "
Mike Myers
Music
Me
Everything
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" I love making stuff. There's a joy in having the first molecule of an idea, then testing it in front of audiences at secret shows that people only know about the day before. I videotape those, study them, enjoy being in the character and figuring out the movie. "
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" The message of the movie is to accept who you are and not to succumb to the pressure of what the media tells you is beautiful and what you should be looking like. "
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" Comedy. It was just huge in my house. Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness, Monty Python and all those James Bond movies were highly regarded. "
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" I think that Scottish people, like Canadians, are often misunderstood and what I like about my Scottish friends and relatives is how quickly it can go from love to anger. It's a great dynamic. "
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" With fame there is a crosswire between intensity and intimacy. You have decoy intimacy, but you are also very much alone. "
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" I love making comedy. I never stopped loving it. I will continue to love it and I can't believe that I get to do it. "
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" I do miss Saturday Night Live, that's for sure. There's nothing like it. I just hosted, and I felt I'd only been away for a week. "
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" I had a blast, but I still wonder sometimes why they saw me as the perfect guy for this strange character. "
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" I still believe that at any time the no-talent police will come and arrest me. "
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" Shooting this one was kind of like a two month party, we would literally play music between takes, and other movies that were shooting on our lot would play hookey, come over and hang out and stuff. We had a great time. "
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Time
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Party
" I grew up in Toronto and as long as I can remember, as long as there was cable, even those old cable boxes that were wired to the TV, there have been Bollywood movies on Toronto TV. "
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Remember
I Can
" I think when I have kids and grandchildren I will be very proud to have them watch this movie. "
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Grandchildren
Will
" Once I turned 35, I got the bonus of some wisdom and began to accept life on its own terms. "
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Accept
Got
" I came out wanting to be an actor. From my first view of the world, that's what I wanted to be. I'm made of 99 percent ham and 1 percent water. I was just cooked that way! "
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Way
Water
" Austin sounds a little bit like Aston Martin, which is the type of car James Bond would drive. "
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Bond
" Justin Timberlake is the single most talented human being I've ever met in my life, and it sickens me. He is, like, 12 years old or something! He has 0 percent body fat, he is musically gifted, he has a great ear for accents, and he is hilarious. "
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Great
Body
Life
" My parents would read those books to me as well but they used to make me starving when I was a kid because they were always eating ham sandwiches with the crusts off and drinking ginger beer. "
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Parents
Always
Beer
" The interesting thing about life is, there is what you think is going to happen, and what actually happens. "
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Life
Think
You
" My dad loved to laugh. He was very funny and very silly. "
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Very
Loved
Funny
" And I love Mel Brooks. My Dad loved his movies, too, they're awesome, the kind of thing that if you're in for ten minutes, you're in for two hours. "
Mike Myers
Awesome
Movies
Loved
" I'm a comedic actor, not to mix words, but it's something I think about. A comedic actor. I like to think that Christopher Guest, Phil Hartman, Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness are comedic actors. And Dan Aykroyd, too. Those are my heroes. "
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Think
Actor
Guest
" I like smart jokes, I like dumb jokes, and I like dumb jokes done smartly. "
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Done
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" My father was always a straight-up funny guy. He was silly. He was my inspiration. "
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" My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare. "
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" Europe is scooters. Europe is five young people on one bench sharing a chocolate bar. Their idea of entertainment and fun is so much different than ours, which is exactly why a movie about them would be funny. "
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" My parents taught me to do whatever makes you happy - follow your bliss. That's why I don't make a lot of movies. I'm very meat and potatoes when it comes to work, putting in eight hours each day. I only do what I love. "
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Day
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" Well, I like how people talk. I like language. You know, Linda Richman spoke in Yiddish. "
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" My Dad was from Liverpool, and he picked it up in the army. He'd often come out with this stuff. "
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Army
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" I loved the logistical reality of a guy who wants to take over the world, yet who has a family too. "
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" Verne's all about what you can do versus what you can't do. He just kept saying yes and his part kept growing. I would love to work with him in every movie. "
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Growing
Love