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Mike Myers

Mike Myers

Canadian Comedian

Born: May 25, 1963

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Anyone who tells you fatherhood is the greatest thing that can happen to you, they are understating it. Mike Myers

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I like smart jokes, I like dumb jokes, and I like dumb jokes done smartly. Mike Myers

Jokes Smart Like Dumb Done

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

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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. Mike Myers

Dr. Evil got shortchanged in the first one. The family dynamic between Scott and Dr. Evil - the adventures of being an evil single parent - needed to be explored. Mike Myers

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And I thought, when I have kids, that's the sort of well told, silly, and fun fairy tale that I would want to take them to. But it was an amazing experience. And I think Shrek is a real classic, a fairy tale classic. Mike Myers

I would love to be a father. I had a great father who taught me how gratifying that is. I'm not going to deny myself that. I think I'd be good at it. Everybody wants that experience. I definitely do. Mike Myers

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. Mike Myers

My Dad was from Liverpool, and he picked it up in the army. He'd often come out with this stuff. Mike Myers

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I had done Shrek as a Canadian and I'm very proud to be Canadian, but I knew I could give more to it. Mike Myers

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For me, everything definitely comes from music. Mike Myers

Music Me Everything Definitely

Europe to me is young people trying to appear middle-aged and middle-aged people trying to appear young. Mike Myers

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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. Mike Myers

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. Mike Myers

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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. Mike Myers

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My dad sold encyclopedias and my mom worked in a factory office. Mike Myers

Mom Sold Factory Office Worked Dad

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. Mike Myers

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