The interesting thing about life is, there is what you think is going to happen, and what actually happens.

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.

While it is nice to be discovered, it's much better to discover yourself.

Dr. Evil got shortchanged in the first one. The family dynamic between Scott and Dr. Evil - the adventures of being an evil single parent - needed to be explored.

I do miss Saturday Night Live, that's for sure. There's nothing like it. I just hosted, and I felt I'd only been away for a week.

With fame there is a crosswire between intensity and intimacy. You have decoy intimacy, but you are also very much alone.

Europe is weird songs that would never make it in America.