Quotes from Will Ferrell


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I have only been funny about seventy four per cent of the time. Yes I think that is right. Seventy-four per cent of the time.


I would love to play Simon Cowell in a movie - heck, I would love it. It would be my dream role.


I hate when someone drives my car and resets all the radio presets. I don't understand it. If I was ever driving someone's car, I would never touch the things that were set.


When I was ten, I wrote an essay on what I would be when I grew up and said I would be a professional soccer player and a comedian in off season.


I was a strange kid in that, while most kids hate school and want to turn 18 or 21, I loved high school.


There's always going to be someone as funny as you or funnier.


One of my first memories of being a kid was, 'I want to have a real job when I grow up.' And to me that meant you wear a suit and a hat and carry a briefcase and go to your job.


Oftentimes, even as a little kid, I would get up before anyone else. My brother would still be sleeping, my mom would still be sleeping, so I would literally play 'Monopoly' by myself. I would play board games; I would do things by myself.


I was never a class clown or anything like that, but I do remember being in the first grade and my teacher, Mr. Chad, told the class one day that we were going to do some exercises. He meant math exercises, but I stood up and started doing jumping jacks. To this day, I don't know what possessed me to do that, but all my friends cracked up.


Aren't we all striving to be overpaid for what we do?


If you are going to wrestle a bear, try to stay away from all fish oil products, you know. I mean it's tough for me, because I love to rub myself with salmon oil every day - it's a great conditioner for the hair, skin.


I've always loved watching the news on TV. As a kid, I loved watching Walter Cronkite, for some reason.


The funny guy doesn't get the girl until later in life. High school, college, everyone still wants the brooding, dangerous guy you shouldn't have.


By the time I was ready for college, I didn't know what I wanted to do. I think I secretly wanted a show business career, but I was suppressing it.


I guess ultimately a lot of comedians just wanna be taken seriously.


When I was a kid, 'Land of the Lost' was my favorite show, just because it was - in the landscape of Saturday morning cartoons - it was so unique. It was a live-action show and kids were in it, these creatures, these Sleestaks and dinosaurs. Every week was a different adventure. I couldn't wait. I loved it so much.


I think 'SNL' was such a unique thing because it was material you created and you're very comfortable with it, even though the setting was pressure-packed.


There's nothing sexy about Orange County.


Inappropriate behavior makes me laugh.


I've never been a conceited person or cocky, never felt boastful, but I always had a sense of self-worth; I always had a real sense of myself.