"Everything I do is autobiographical in some way. 'Wayne's World' was me growing up in the suburbs of Toronto and listening to heavy metal, and 'Austin Powers' was every bit of British culture that my father, who passed away in 1991, had forced me to watch and taught me to love."

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Source : "Mike Myers shares his "Love Guru" wisdom and his love for Justin Timberlake". Interview with Larry Carrol, www.mtv.com. April 9, 2008.

Mike Myers

#Growing Up Quotes #Father Quotes #Listening Quotes

“I was a farm kid from the plains of South Venezuela, from a very poor family. I grew up in a palm tree house with an earthen floor.”
“A happy disposition is largely a disposition to make others happy. One life permeates all things, and there is no corner of the cosmos too remote to feel its heart throb.”
“After that, I came back every year. Everyone said, 'Well, when you retire you can move there.' But I said, 'Why should I live my whole life where I don't want to be.'”
“I love not serious documentaries, too, but I love seeing people at their wits' end, I guess.”
“I learned early to drink beer, wine and whiskey. And I think I was about 5 when I first chewed tobacco.”
“Betty White's Sue Ann Nivens was classic... She had done so much with that man-crazy character! Betty made every moment count. She still does. I've declared her an American treasure, because she is just that.”
“Democracy is to have different ideas, even extreme ones. In democracy there is space for all of them and bridges to connect them. In Turkey we are losing those bridges, and everyone is trying to destroy spaces for the opposite side. When we look at this, Istanbul is like different courtyards divided by big, thick walls.”
“We all want Grace, but we cannot enjoy Grace when there is an attitude of comparing.”

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