Will Ferrell Quotes

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.

I'm professional, I'm allowed to say this. I let him lick my balls. So, that's what you need to get close with your animal.

Now we have food networks and everything. CNN was the beginning of all of that.

There's nothing sexy about Orange County.

I know the nature of comedy, and you never know what will happen with the next movie or whether people will find it funny.

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 left home to go to college, and then I moved back home. I moved back for three years from 21 to 24.

There are a lot of really funny guys who are very natural in what they do: Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Seth Rogen.

Everyone I know who skis is dead.

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.

When you're doing an out-and-out comedy, the notion of preparing for a character - I hope I don't reveal too much of myself here - but, uh, no, I'm not doing anything.

I still regret that I never played soccer in high school. I chose basketball over soccer.

I don't even consider myself an impressionist, really.

I was one of the richest rappers in 2008. But it was definitely a strange feeling.

I don't really think in absolutes.

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

You tend to get reluctant to talk about anything until the day before filming.

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

I think you can't do any action without in some way paying homage to John Woo. He's the guy who just invented that sort of next level of poetic nasty action.

You definitely feel a little exposed, because some of your friends call you like, "Man, I need that much."

You want every movie to be a hit. But every painting isn’t a masterpiece.

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

You still have that competitive thing where you want to try to make hits. That won't go away, unless the mayor of show business says my time's up.

If you set up an environment where failing is encouraged then you want to try everything. It's obviously the best way to work.

Too many leaders assume that the role of leadership is to control.

The future vibrated with uncertainty. I had failed. I had ignorance. I had hope.

It'd be great to be in a position where you can make choices regardless of money. My tastes are always gonna lead me to go for the amazing project where I'm being paid in Turkish cantaloupes.

My kind of wanting to be funny didn't come from need, necessarily. The closest I can analyze it is that it was an easy way to make friends, I found out. It was just a great kind of social tool.

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.