Will Ferrell Net Worth

Will Ferrell's Quotes

• I'm not really an exhibitionist. I'm drawn to the outrageous stuff because it's fun, not because it's some deep compulsion. I'm no tortured, anger-stoked, deeply neurotic comic. Just a pretty low-key normal guy. A, "Hey, the glass is half-full", kind of a guy. But please keep it quiet, or I may never work again.
• I often don't think a lot about the ramifications of anything I do.
• There's just something about yelling that's funny to me.
• [on being a comic]: I attribute it to growing up in safe, boring suburbia in California. I wasn't beaten up by anyone, there was a really low crime rate. There was really nothing to do except think of funny things.
• It was a gradual rise that started on SNL. I went from being the guy who did the cheer-leading thing, to the guy who plays the president to, "Hey, that's Will Ferrell!" I saw that happen then in terms of films, and it was really Old School (2003) that got me a real lead part. It was a scary thing when I left SNL (in 2003), but then "Old School" came out, and then Elf (2003) happened the same year, and now Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006).

Interesting Facts about Will Ferrell

1. Lives in Los Angeles, Bend, Oregon and New York City.
2. Attended and graduated from University High School in Irvine, California in 1986.
3. His father, Lee Ferrell, was a longtime keyboardist and saxophonist for The Righteous Brothers.
4. Attended and graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in Sports Information.
5. Celebrity impersonations include Alex Trebek, Jesse Ventura, Charlton Heston, Mark McGwire, George W. Bush, Janet Reno, Harry Caray and (perhaps most famously) James Lipton.
6. Older brother of Patrick Ferrell.
7. His wife, Viveca Paulin, is Swedish.
8. Became Saturday Night Live (1975)'s highest paid cast member ever in 2001. Producers were desperate to keep him, resulting in a salary of over $350,000.
9. Final appearance on Saturday Night Live (1975) on May 18, 2002, followed by career move into full-time movie-acting.
10. He can be heard (uncredited) in the movie Kingpin (1996) in the background during the final bowling scene between Bill Murray and Woody Harrelson's characters shouting, "Ernie, you're the man!".
11. (April 21, 2003) Competed at the Boston Marathon. His official time was 4 hours, 2 minutes and 29 seconds.
12. He and his wife Viveca Paulin ran the Boston Marathon on April 21, 2003.
13. He and his wife Viveca Paulin ran in the New York City Marathon in 2001, finishing together in 5 hours, 1 minute and 56 seconds.
14. Is a member of the Delta Tau Delta international fraternity.
15. Studied at USC in the hopes of becoming a sports broadcaster. He graduated and interned at NBC Sports, but then drew laughs after ad-libbing a joke on-air during one of his broadcasting courses and switched to comedy.
16. Was not a class clown in high school but a scholar and an athlete.
17. Son, Magnus Paulin Ferrell, born on March 7, 2004. He weighed 8 lbs. 12 oz.
18. Was voted the 3rd funniest person in America by Entertainment Weekly.
19. Has played NWA-TNA announcer Don West on Saturday Night Live (1975).
20. His style is unique among modern movie funnymen, a majority of whom have some sort of background in stand-up comedy. Ferrell's humor is character-driven and his genius lies in his improvised riffs from the minds of his typically cracked characters. His appearances on talk shows are often awkward, as he is uncomfortable appearing in public as himself.