If you ain't first, you're last! Will Ferrell More Quotes by Will Ferrell More Quotes From Will Ferrell I've not been able to avoid periods of time where I felt super-lonely. Luckily, I have a side that is able to always see the glass as half-full. Will Ferrell ableglasseslonely I think anyone who has, you know, is in any sort of artistic pursuit, kind of goes up and down with the way they feel about their work. And I, for the most part, am pretty happy person. But, yeah. I go through definite periods of time where I'm not funny. I'm not good. I'm - I don't feel original. Will Ferrell artisticwaythinking It's very easy for me to play silly, but to reveal something closer to you, that's so much harder. Will Ferrell easyplaysilly What about Santa's cookies? I suppose 'parents' eat those, too? Will Ferrell santacookiesparent No matter how much you screw up your own life by the wrong decisions that you make, it's never too late to do the right thing and change your ways and you can teach old dogs new tricks. Will Ferrell screw-upsdecisiondog 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. Will Ferrell next-levelguythinking 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. Will Ferrell exercisemathteacher If you set up an environment where failing is encouraged then you want to try everything. It's obviously the best way to work. Will Ferrell wanttryingway You know, when I'm looking at these '08 yachts that are for sale, I think "I could have just walked in with a briefcase of cash and put it on the table and walked out with a yacht." Will Ferrell cashtablesthinking I never put too much pressure on myself when I'm the central thing, just because I don't think I could handle it mentally. I haven't really thought about the implications of carrying a movie. It still has to be just a fun, weird thing. Will Ferrell too-muchfunthinking I'm always in these situations where I forget to separate what is pitched as an idea to the fact that I'm actually going to have to execute it. Will Ferrell forgetfactsideas When I first started doing sketch comedy, I promised myself that if I were ever to have any success in this business, I wouldn't hold back. Why get there and play it safe? Will Ferrell safeplayfirsts 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. Will Ferrell feetnightthinking Well, I could be wrong, but I believe diversity is an old, old wooden ship that was used during the Civil War era. Will Ferrell anchormanwarbelieve Now we have food networks and everything. CNN was the beginning of all of that. Will Ferrell food-networkcnn You want every movie to be a hit. But every painting isn’t a masterpiece. Will Ferrell masterpiecepaintingwant I just kind of have a comedic looking body, I guess. If anything I really have to exercise just to not look too fudgy, otherwise I would just keep going and going. Will Ferrell bodyexerciselooks 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. Will Ferrell girldoorshands I love watching people be totally committed in a very real way to stupid situations. I find it's not so much trying to be funny, it's trying to be real in a messed up context. That's comedy to me. Will Ferrell realstupidpeople On the set of an independent film you can tell that nobody is doing it for the money. Everyone is there because they love the script. A smaller budget sort of unifies everyone; it's a real team effort and that's amazing. But these opportunities just don't present themselves that often for me, so basically any chance I get to do something different I jump on it. Will Ferrell independentteamreal
