Mike Myers quotes

Mike Myers is a Canadian comedian, actor, and writer best known for his work on "Saturday Night Live" and for creating iconic characters in films like "Austin Powers" and "Shrek." His distinctive humor and versatility have made him a beloved figure in comedy. He continues to influence pop culture through his memorable roles and creative projects. Here are 59 of his quotes:

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

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

Mike Myers

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.

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

And I loved the whole idea behind the story, which is that you're beautiful, so don't let other people tell you that you're not just because you don't look like the people in magazines. Or because you're not that weird ideal body image that's out there right now.

Mike Myers

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

I had a blast, but I still wonder sometimes why they saw me as the perfect guy for this strange character.

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

Austin sounds a little bit like Aston Martin, which is the type of car James Bond would drive.

Mike Myers

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

My dad loved to laugh. He was very funny and very silly.

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

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

Mike Myers

I think when I have kids and grandchildren I will be very proud to have them watch this movie.

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

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.

Mike Myers

Europe is weird songs that would never make it in America.

Mike Myers

For me, everything definitely comes from music.

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

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 do miss Saturday Night Live, that's for sure. There's nothing like it. I just hosted, and I felt I'd only been away for a week.

Mike Myers