Quotes from Will Ferrell

But for fatherhood advice, try to look your child in the eye.... Get to know their name; that becomes important when you want something. And remember to feed them. That's about all you need.

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

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

I think with the success of, like, every summer there has been a couple R-rated comedies that have done so well; I think it is so nice to see that people are turning out to see these movies, and it doesn't seem to be as big a stigma with the studios anymore.

Well, I could be wrong, but I believe diversity is an old, old wooden ship that was used during the Civil War era.

Before you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with slow Internet to see who they really are.

I've always had, when I needed it, an extreme amount of focus that I could put into something. That has served me well.

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.

My dad turned me onto Peter Sellers as a kid. I loved the fact that he was a unique combination of being extremely subtle and over-the-top all at the same time, and that's a hard thing to do. I admire that.

I think my new iPhone 5S is broken. I pressed the home button and I'm still at work

Why not work with your friends? It's working with people you know, and you share the same sensibility.

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.

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.

I was a strange kid in that, while most kids hate school and want to turn 18 or 21, I loved high school.

"Before you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with slow Internet service to see who they really are."

I would love to work with Bill Murray. I've always been such a big fan. I think he's obviously a great comedic actor but a really interesting actor.

Aren't we all striving to be overpaid for what we do?

Molly Shannon and I used to always talk about that we really felt strongly that we were comedic actors, that we weren't comedians. You just played things real and the comedy came out of the context.

There's nothing sexy about Orange County.

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

I've got no dark secrets, I wasn't beaten up, my parents were kind to me and there was a low crime rate where we lived. Maybe that's where the comedy comes from, as some sort of reaction to the safe, boring suburbs.

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.

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.

The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear!