Everything I do is autobiographical in some way. 'Wayne's World' was me growing up in the suburbs of Toronto and listening to heavy metal, and 'Austin Powers' was every bit of British culture that my father, who passed away in 1991, had forced me to watch and taught me to love.

My father was a very funny man, and one of my strongest recollections is hearing him laugh. He didn't like people who had no sense of humour.

Comedy and sausages are the two things that if you know how they're made they affect the appetite.

When I graduated from high school, I got accepted to York University, Fine Arts film program.

I love making comedy. I never stopped loving it. I will continue to love it and I can't believe that I get to do it.

Most comedians want to be the architect of their own embarrassment. They have horrible self-esteem issues. I would rather push myself into the mud. I don't want to be pushed into the mud. I think that is probably true. I think most people struggle with self-acceptance. But comedians get a chance to self externalize.

Silly is you in a natural state, and serious is something you have to do until you can get silly again.