Mike Myers quotes
Born
May 25, 1963, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.
Occupation
Actor, comedian.
Mike Myers is a Canadian actor and comedian.
If I went by all the rejection I’ve had in my career, I should have given up a long time ago.
– 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
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.
– Mike Myers
Europe is weird songs that would never make it in America.
– Mike Myers
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
Canada is the essence of not being. Not English, not American, it is the mathematic of not being. And a subtle flavour – we’re more like celery as a flavour.
– Mike Myers
I still believe that at any time the no-talent police will come and arrest me.
– 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
Anyone who tells you fatherhood is the greatest thing that can happen to you, they are understating it.
– Mike Myers
Marriage can be viewed as the waiting room for death.
– Mike Myers
Well, I like how people talk. I like language. You know, Linda Richman spoke in Yiddish.
– Mike Myers
Once I turned 35, I got the bonus of some wisdom and began to accept life on its own terms.
– Mike Myers
I like smart jokes, I like dumb jokes, and I like dumb jokes done smartly.
– Mike Myers
My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare.
– Mike Myers
The interesting thing about life is, there is what you think is going to happen, and what actually happens.
– Mike Myers
On my death bed, I’m not going to say, ‘God I wish I did more movies.’ I’m perfectly happy I was present for the ones I did.
– Mike Myers
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