After seven years of playing an earnest male cheerleader, an addled President George W. Bush and a passionate cowbell player on Saturday Night Live, Will Ferrell moved on to the big screen where he carved out virtually his own genre with leading roles as immature, likable everymen and outrageous, larger-than-life supporting characters. With Megamind hitting the big screen, let's take a peek back at some of the comic's best lines!
A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
Character: Steve Butabi
Quote:Steve Butabi: "Oh my God, Doug. This is the most amazing place I've ever been."
Richard Grieco: "Guys, guys. This is the coat room. The club's in here."
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Character: Mustafa
The last lines of the movie...Quote: "Hello up there? Is the movie over? I'm still down here...and I'm still in quite a lot of pain. Maybe someone in the lobby could call an ambulance. Oh, the pain is really quite severe. I...I've fashioned a makeshift splint. Here goes nothing. Aaahh!!"
The Ladies Man (2000)
Character: Lance DeLune
After blowing up Leon's house boat...Quote: "Wow, we really didn't think that through."
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Character: Federal Wildlife Marshall Willenholly
Quote:Willenholly: "Why are you shooting at me? I'm just a Federal Wildlife Marshall."
Chrissy: "Two reasons. One: we're walking, talking, bad girl cliches."
Missy: "And two: because you're a man."
Willenholly: "Only on the outside."
Zoolander (2001)
Character: Mugata
Quote: "Todd! Are you not aware that I get farty and bloated with foamy latte?!"
Character: Frank 'The Tank' Ricard
Quote: "You know I was thinking we could go back home...have some dinner and pop in a Sisqo CD...no? Weren't thinking that? OK."
Old School (2003)
Character: Frank 'The Tank' Ricard
Quote: "In this corner, weighing in at 100 pounds and pushing 89 years of age and the recent recipient of a brand new plastic hip, Joseph 'Blue' Polaski!"
Elf (2003)
Character: Buddy the Elf
Quote: "It's just like Santa's workshop! Except it smells like mushrooms...and everyone looks like they wanna hurt me."
Elf (2003)
Character: Buddy the Elf
Quote: "You stink. You smell like beef and cheese! You don't smell like Santa!"
Elf (2003)
Character: Buddy the Elf
Quote: "We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup."
Starsky and Hutch (2004)
Character: Big Earl
After asking Hutch to show him his belly button...Quote: "Oh, Eureka! God, that's nice! It's like a little bowl of oatmeal with a hole in it. I got one too. I just got a little more brown sugar on mine."
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy (2004)
Character: Ron Burgandy
Quote: "I love scotch. Scotchy scotch scotch. Here it goes down, down into my belly..."
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy (2004)
Character: Ron Burgandy
Quote: "For just one night, let's not be co-workers. Let's be co-people."
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy (2004)
Character: Ron Burgandy
Quote: "Ladies and gentlemen, can I please have your attention. I've just been handed an urgent and horrifying news story. I need all of you to stop what you're doing and listen." (stands on a diving board wearing a Speedo)...Cannonball!"
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy (2004)
Character: Ron Burgandy
Quote: "You're so wise. You're like a miniature Buddha, covered in hair."
Melinda and Melinda (2004)
Character: Hobie
Quote: "Yeah, but if you're somebody who's nobody, it's no fun to be around anybody who's everybody."
Melinda and Melinda (2004)
Character: Hobie
Quote:Hobie: "I think it'd be only fair to tell you. I'm a Liberal."
Stacey: "Oh. Are you talking politically, or in the bedroom?"
Hobie: "I was talking politically. In the bedroom I'm a left-wing Liberal."
Kicking and Screaming (2005)
Character: Phil Weston
Quote: "They're like 4-foot whirling dervishes. I don't know what a whirling dervish is, but that's what they're like."
Kicking and Screaming (2005)
Character: Phil Weston
Quote: "I was born a baby, a blank slate. I thought I was in control of my own destiny and then I met my dad."
Bewitched (2005)
Character: Jack Wyatt
Quote: "Am I gonna get pregnant? Because I cannot get pregnant right now!"
Wedding Crashers (2005)
Character: Chazz Reinhold
To Owen Wilson's John Beckwith...Quote: "Oh, come in, sit down. I was - hey, you want something to eat?" Shouting "Hey Mom! Can we get some meatloaf!!"
Wedding Crashers (2005)
Character: Chazz Reinhold
Quote: "Grief is nature's most powerful aphrodisiac."
Winter Passing (2005)
Character: Corbit
Quote: "Crack cocaine, huh? I've seen that stuff on 'Cops'... Crack cocaine will fry your brain."
The Producers (2005)
Character: Franz Liebkind
Quote: "Stand still! How can I shoot you if you keep moving!"
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
Character: Ricky Bobby
After crashing and his car bursts into flames...Quote: "Help me Jesus! Help me Jewish God! Help me Allah! AAAAHHH!! Help me Tom Cruise! Tom Cruise, use your witchcraft to get the fire off me! Help me Oprah!"
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
Character: Ricky Bobby
His catch phrase with John C. Reilly's Cal Naughton Jr...Quote: "Shake and Bake!"
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
Character: Ricky Bobby
One of his television commercials...Quote: "Hey. I'm Ricky Bobby. When you're workin' on your mysterious lady parts and stuff, you should have the right tools too. That's why you should use...MayPax. The official tampon of NASCAR."
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
Character: Ricky Bobby
Reciting prayer before eating...Quote: "Dear Lord baby Jesus, lyin' there in your ghost manger, just lookin' at your Baby Einstein developmental videos, learnin' shapes and colors. I would like to thanks you for bringin' me and my mama together, and also that my kids no longer sound like retarded gang bangers."
Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
Character: Harold Crick, IRS auditor
Quote:Harold Crick: "Miss Pascal, what you're describing is anarchy. Are you an anarchist?"
Ana Pascal: "You mean, am I a member of..."
Harold Crick: "An anarchist group, yes."
Ana Pascal: "Anarchists have a group?"
Harold Crick: "I believe so, sure."
Ana Pascal: "They assemble?"
Harold Crick: "I don't know."
Ana Pascal: "Wouldn't that completely defeat the purpose?"
Blades of Glory (2007)
Character: Chazz Michael Michaels
Quote:Chazz: "Mind-bottling, isn't it?"
Jimmy: "Did you just say mind-bottling?"
Chazz: "Yeah, mind-bottling. You know, when things are so crazy it gets your thoughts all trapped, like in a bottle?"
Blades of Glory (2007)
Character: Chazz Michael Michaels
Quote: "Troubled childhood? If you consider a 9-year-old kid with a 35-year-old girlfriend troubled."
Semi-Pro (2008)
Character: Jackie Moon
Quote: "If you see an opossum, kill it. It's not a pet."
Semi-Pro (2008)
Character: Jackie Moon
When his stunt to wrestle a bear doesn't work out quite as planned...Quote: "Use small children as shields! Bears like soft tender meat!"
Step Brothers (2008)
Character: Brennan Huff
Quote: "I swear, I'm so pissed off at my mom! As soon as she's of age, I'm putting her in a home!"
Step Brothers (2008)
Character: Brennan Huff
Quote: "I'll kiss you on the mouth, Kenny Rogers."
Land of the Lost (2009)
Character: Dr. Rick Marshall
Quote: "Captain Kirk's nipples!"
The Other Guys (2010)
Character: Allen Gamble
Quote: "I was so drunk, I thought a tube of toothpaste was astronaut food."
The Other Guys (2010)
Character: Allen Gamble
Quote: "At age 11, I audited my parents. Believe me, there were some discrepancies, and I was grounded."
The Other Guys (2010)
Character: Allen Gamble
While trying to talk a jumper down from a high-rise, another man jumps...Quote: "Oh, look! He's flying!"
Megamind (2010)
Character: Megamind
Quote: "He would win some, I would ALMOST win others! He took the name: Metro Man, protector of Metro City. I decided to pick something a little more humble: Megamind, incredibly handsome criminal genius and master of villany!"
Megamind (2010)
Character: Megamind
Quote: "Oooh, I'm shaking in my custom baby seal leather boots!"
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