Myers' difficult personality caused his career to tank
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lunchboxattacks — 11 years ago(March 26, 2015 08:12 PM)
Here's what I don't get about the whole Mike Myers being difficult thing
It sounds like he's been difficult his whole career. Like was he even difficult before he got big? Was he difficult on SNL? Was he difficult on the Wide Awake Club? Maybe Myers was once a happy go lucky entertainer who encountered the harsh reality of that business and said to himself that if there was going to be screwing going on, it would be him doing it.
People call Myers washed up, but he's made his money. -
lemetellusomethingbandejo — 10 years ago(May 03, 2015 03:59 PM)
I agree w/ the sentiment that being ego menial cry baby ist bad.
Having said that, many people these days have 50 million hyphenates after their name on their twatter, etc. Doesn't mean they can all do whatever it is well, let alone at a professional level.
Mike Myers has made a beep of money for the studios in his career, b/c he can. My guess is the poster above cannot or has not yet. Don't let it make you bitter, babe. Keep after it if it's what you want to do.
Oh yeah, "Don't be a twat on the set, Michael." Love you, man. -
!!!deleted!!! (56207245) — 10 years ago(November 21, 2015 08:07 PM)
It's kinda disappointing to hear that a person that has played so many likeable characters and just seem to fun and entertaining is in fact, a person I would dream about hitting in the nuts. So I guess I can add him to my list of: I like as an actor, but not as a person.
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huzdaman — 9 years ago(April 27, 2016 12:48 AM)
I know I'm late to this thread, but I just want to chime in. According to his biography by Martin Knelman, his reputation as hard to work with is mostly related to his tendency to be a perfectionist. I have not met him, but reading the book I could see that. I also think that actors are just like anyone, they can have bad days. The difference is, high-profile people have bad days and it's going to be on TMZ.
He earned a bad reputation as a tantrum-throwing celebrity when the studios signed him to do a "Sprockets" movie, based on his SNL skit. He backed out of it, and the big studio heads put in a piece in Vanity Fair about how he's a horrible spoiled person, yada yada. The truth is, he didn't like the script, and didn't want to make a movie that would suck, even for $20 million.
This from a guy who did Love Guru. The Sprockets script must have been awful. -
AussieEighties — 9 years ago(May 26, 2016 06:55 AM)
if he's such a jerk and hard to work with and a control freak then why would he bother doing interviews?
like if he truly doesn't care and doesn't get along with people, then why does it seem like there's no problem with him?
take this interview about Wayne's World with the cast and director, all seems well. it can be all an act. -
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deleted!!! (67417785) — 9 years ago(July 17, 2016 09:26 AM)I think he's just misunderstood. Like someone else said, this all could stem from him not wanting to do a "Sprockets" movie. As far as stealing lines from Carvey, if he did do that, then it's horrible but many people have done things like that before. I don't know how his personal life is but there is the old clich about comedians being sad or depressed and maybe some of that could be a reason.
Whether or not he is difficult, he's always been one of my favorite comedians along with Carvey. -
lukejbarnett — 5 years ago(February 14, 2021 02:02 AM)
it's very interesting you mention him stealing lines form dana carvey bc one time they talked to him about wayne and garth and he said first of all i worked with a comedy genius in dana carvey.
so what did marc maron say about his being hard to work with? did he list all the things you listed here?
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