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. – 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
I loved the logistical reality of a guy who wants to take over the world, yet who has a family too. – 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
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
Dad loved movies, and I grew up with British comedy. My ultimate favourite is Peter Sellers. – 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
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. – Mike Myers
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. – Mike Myers
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. – Mike Myers
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
Dad was in the British Army and my mom was in the Royal Air Force, so both of my parents believed in discipline. – Mike Myers
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. – Mike Myers
Anyone who tells you fatherhood is the greatest thing that can happen to you, they are understating it. – Mike Myers
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. – 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
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
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
