Will Ferrell Quotes

"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."
- Will Ferrell
(Related: People, Childhood, Comedy, Events, Pretty)

"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."
- Will Ferrell
(Related: Funny, People, Hope, Comedy)

"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."
- Will Ferrell
(Related: Funny, Time, Right)

"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."
- Will Ferrell
(Related: Comedy, Drama, Listening, Meaning, Play)

"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."
- Will Ferrell
(Related: Funny, End, Film, Waiting)

"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."
- Will Ferrell
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