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Mike Myers

Profession : Comedian

Birth : May 25, 1963

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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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.

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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.

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I still believe that at any time the no-talent police will come and arrest me.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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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Once I turned 35, I got the bonus of some wisdom and began to accept life on its own terms.

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When I graduated from high school, I got accepted to York University, Fine Arts film program.

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I knew I wanted to be a father; I didn't know it was going to be this awesome or that my kid would come out so beautiful and lovely.

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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.

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Dad loved movies, and I grew up with British comedy. My ultimate favourite is Peter Sellers.

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I write everything I do. On the average, it takes you about sixty months from the first molecule of an idea to it being in front of an audience. I'm actually somebody that creates their own stuff.

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I was well indulged as a child by my relentlessly self-improving, working class parents to express myself.

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I really just love making comedies; I love doing characters.

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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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