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.
All you have in comedy, in general, is just going with your instincts. You can only hope that other people think that what you think is funny is funny. I don't have an answer but I just try to plough straight ahead.
I definitely wanted to leave "Saturday Night Live" at a time when I still enjoyed doing the show. I didn't have a supreme confidence that I would be immediately successful after leaving the show, but I just knew it was the right time to test myself and get out there and try other things.
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 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 straight.
James Caan told me at the end of filming 'Elf' that he had been waiting through the whole film for me to be funny - and I never was.
Often times I'm confronted with a quote that I don't remember saying. So, on one hand it's very flattering, it is just so surreal.
Saturday Night Live is such a comedy boot camp in a way, because you get to work with so many different people who come in to host the show and you get thrown into so many situations and learn how to think on your feet, so filmmaking actually feels slow, in a good way.
You always want to do a good job and hopefully, I won't be in something that looks and feels like I'm in over my head.
Will was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture-Musical or Comedy in 2006 for the movie Stranger Than Fiction.
Will, along with Sacha Baron Cohen, won the 2007 MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss for their liplock in Talladega Nights. They celebrated by repeating their kiss onstage.
Will, along with co-star Nicole Kidman, won a 2005 'Golden Raspberry Award' for 'Worst Screen Couple' in Bewitched.
Will was the victim of a hoax, when I-Newswire.com reported that he had been killed in a paragliding accident. This news site accepts press releases from the public users, and was also passed onto Google News as well.
Will was a kicker for the Varsity football team, and still holds the school record for the most field goals made.
Will is the highest paid actor to have never won an Oscar.
Ferrell is part of the unofficial Frat Pack group that also includes Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn, and Jack Black.
Will Ferrell played Mustafa in the 1999 Jay Roach film, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.
Will Ferrell guest starred in a movie called The Producers.
He is one of the few SNL cast members to ever be nominated for an Emmy for a performance and played George W. Bush during the 2000 elections.
Was named #74 out of 137 on Entertainment Weekly's Must List (2004).
Will's final appearance on SNL was on May 18,2002.
Will graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in Sports Information.
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