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“I play the ukulele. I have a great group of friends, and we do things like have battles of the bands - me sometimes on ukulele, but mostly on drums.”
“I was well indulged as a child by my relentlessly self-improving, working class parents to express myself.”
“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.”
“I had done Shrek as a Canadian and I'm very proud to be Canadian, but I knew I could give more to it.”
“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.”
“In 1991, my father passed away and I went on a spiritual quest. It was a light one, not too terribly deep because I'm not terribly deep, and neither was my father.”
“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!”
“Oh, you know, driving around, coming to a stop sign and an entire family, from 8 to 80, will be looking at me with that Dr. Evil look - pinkie on the mouth.”
“Europe is weird songs that would never make it in America.”
“I can be described as many things, but no description of me is complete without saying 'Englishman.' My parents were from Liverpool and emigrated to Canada before I was born.”
“Dad was in the British Army and my mom was in the Royal Air Force, so both of my parents believed in discipline.”
“Europe to me is young people trying to appear middle-aged and middle-aged people trying to appear young.”
“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.”
“I think when I have kids and grandchildren I will be very proud to have them watch this movie.”
“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.”
“Marriage can be viewed as the waiting room for death.”
“I have very happy memories of fairy tales. My mother used to take me to the library in Toronto to check out the fairy tales. And she was an actress, so she used to act out for me the different characters in all these fairy tales.”
“My dad loved to laugh. He was very funny and very silly.”
“I loved the logistical reality of a guy who wants to take over the world, yet who has a family too.”
“The interesting thing about life is, there is what you think is going to happen, and what actually happens.”