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
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.
I play an agent who used to be partners in a very large talent agency. My partner died and everybody left. Evidently he was the brains of the outfit, so now my setup couldn't be smaller. I have absolutely no clout in the business but still consider myself a player.
And I'm doing a pilot for TV Land, called 'I Did Not Know That.' It's co-produced by Paul Reiser.
I've never shied away from a good fart joke,
I don't know whether (comics) have the opportunity to be as well-rounded, necessarily,
No, you don't understand. We want you to sign it now.
I'll tell you why you're going to do what you're going to do today is because you're my bitch.
I'm in Christopher Guest's new film, 'For Your Consideration,' which starts shooting in October,
You take more responsibility for the movie, and the movie kind of sits on your shoulders. I split that responsibility with Sam.
look at a truth in a situation, keep it real - don't try to get a laugh at the expense of your story.
It's very easy to sit down and work on a script with Chris, ... We make each other laugh.
But I've never really done anything that implies any kind of danger. I wouldn't skydive, I wouldn't deep sea dive, I wouldn't parachute. I think you're really just rolling the dice. Who packed your chute the night before?
I really enjoyed working on 'Dumb & Dumberer' with Cheri Oteri, maybe because we are both into improvisations. We were meant to act together.
We went through all the scenes and they became kind of funny and they expanded a little bit and because it seemed to be working so well in the movie, they added a couple of things later on in the movie and that's how it turned out.