Mike Myers is making fun of his British heritage
30 Oct 2008
The star, whose family originally comes from Liverpool, says his background left him "unprepared for anything in life involving emotions".
And he also joked about how being British meant he was guilt-free stealing other people's ideas and making big money from them.
Myers was referring to a show that a group of sick children put on at a hospital in New York.
"I went in very cynical. I came out crying like a baby," he admitted.
He then joked: "I have acquired the rights to that kids' show, and am making it into a $150 million picture. None of the original cast. All of their original ideas, though. Thus proving I am English."
Myers insisted that, behind his hilarious movie roles, he is "actually very shy".
"I'm an intermittent extrovert," he said. "I am of English heritage, and I was unprepared for anything in life involving emotions."
