Quotes by Will Ferrell

About Will Ferrell:

John William is an American actor, comedian, producer, and writer. He first established himself in the mid-1990s as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, and has subsequently starred in comedy films such as Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Talladega Nights, Blades of Glory, and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. He is considered a member of the "Frat Pack", a generation of leading Hollywood comic actors who emerged in the late 1990s and the 2000s, including Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Steve Carell, Vince Vaughn, and brothers Owen and Luke Wilson. Ferrell received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on March 26, 2015.
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I was a strange kid in that, while most kids hate school and want to turn 18 or 21, I loved high school.

Will Ferrell

When you hear that you're going to be working with a first-time director, sometimes that can be a concern to people.

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Enjoy the little fun things - like taking your kids to school - before they're all grown up.

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I will watch a movie that is quote unquote dark and not get the qualification of what is dark and what is not.

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I've always had, when I needed it, an extreme amount of focus that I could put into something. That has served me well.

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I don't really have aspirations to be Tom Hanks.

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A lot of people have gotten into comedy because of certain influences in their lives or events that were painful, and I really have wracked my brain to figure it out. I pretty much have had a normal childhood. Maybe it was too normal.

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I think a lot of the instincts you have doing comedy are really the same for doing drama, in that it's essentially about listening. The way I approach comedy, is you have to commit to everything as if it's a dramatic role, meaning you play it straigh...

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Molly Shannon and I used to always talk about that we really felt strongly that we were comedic actors, that we weren't comedians. You just played things real and the comedy came out of the context.

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'Elf' has become this big holiday movie, and I remember running around the streets of New York in tights saying, 'This could be the last movie I ever make,' and I could never have predicted that it'd become such a popular film.

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It's very easy for me to play silly, but to reveal something closer to you, that's so much harder.

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Inappropriate behavior makes me laugh.

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I always just forced myself to do crazy things in public. In college I would push an overhead projector across campus with my pants just low enough to show my butt. Then my friend would incite the crowd to be like, 'Look at that idiot!' That's how I ...

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I'm a Progressive. Much in the same way our founding fathers - who, oddly enough, wouldn't get elected today - were Progressives.

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In the fourth grade, I learned how to fake walking into a door. You know, you hit it with your hand and snap your head back. The girls loved it.

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I'm a selective pack rat. There's some things I have no problem getting rid of and others I hold onto dearly.

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Before you marry a person you should first make them use a computer with slow Internet to see who they really are.

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Author Bio

  • NameWill Ferrell
  • DescriptionAmerican actor, writer, and comedian
  • BornJuly 16, 1967
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Film Producer; Writer; Voice Actor; Screenwriter