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" So they ended up turning this little twenty eight page book into the movie. And it's all about this stinky, smelly ogre who doesn't care what anybody thinks of him. "

Mike Myers

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" When you're writing these things, you're in a room making each other laugh, you really have very little sense of political correctness or incorrectness. This is a question that Europe tends to ask and America doesn't. "

" I like smart jokes, I like dumb jokes, and I like dumb jokes done smartly. "

" If I went by all the rejection I've had in my career, I should have given up a long time ago. "

" 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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" 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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" Dad was in the British Army and my mom was in the Royal Air Force, so both of my parents believed in discipline. "

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Canada

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" My father was always a straight-up funny guy. He was silly. He was my inspiration. "

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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. "