Eugene Levy
Eugene Levy
Eugene Levy, CMis a Canadian actor, comedian, producer, director, musician and writer. He is the only actor to have appeared in all eight of the American Pie films, with his role as Noah Levenstein. He often plays nerdy, unconventional figures, with his humour often deriving from his excessive explanations of matters and the way in which he deals with sticky situations. Levy is a regular collaborator of actor-director Christopher Guest, appearing in four of his films, commencing with Waiting for...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth17 December 1946
CountryCanada
It was the end of his speech that they cut to. I said, 'We have to hear what it is that's important to him in his work and in his life,' ... So I got together with my dentist. He gave me some stuff to work with. When he puts a crown or cap or something, he just talks about, 'This is the best cap or crown design. This is it.'
You get a good creative release doing these movies with Chris, having the kind of experience of doing a movie with absolutely no interference, ... However it comes out, it's how you want it to come out. But by the same token, those aren't the movies that are necessarily paying the bills.
tons of movies are shot in Toronto, but Toronto is never Toronto.
I don't know whether (comics) have the opportunity to be as well-rounded, necessarily,
I am the common man, ... I'm polite, I love my family and I play by the rules. And sometimes I get pushed around. That's my lifestyle, and that's what I try to bring to characters.
I am used to popping in, doing my thing, then getting out very cleanly and hitting the golf course,
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The greatest thing about doing this movie was that Chris and I both were involved in folk music in the '60s. I had a group, but I don't think it was at the same level as Chris, because he's an amazing musician.
This was more of a cartoonish thing for me and it kind of took me back to SCTV, in a way, where the characters are just a little broader and you can have that kind of fun going a little over the edge.
In ten minutes, I'm thinking, 'OK, you know what? I love these guys. They're really smart, they're really good, they've got a good sense of comedy, under their guidance, I think maybe this could come out OK.' But I didn't like the part.
I think I'm the only actor in the history of film who got to slap Sam Jackson on the face and butt and lived to tell about it.
At the end of the day, the numbers that we're hearing are not going to be totally correct or not correct at all.
There is a similarity in the kinds of characters I gravitate to that goes back to my earliest years in the business on SCTV, ... I have more fun playing guys who are not the sharp pencils. I like the characters who are just average, if not a little below average, so the average person can look at my character on the screen and feel a little better about themselves.
That was a fun scene for any number of reasons,