"Verne's all about what you can do versus what you can't do. He just kept saying yes and his part kept growing. I would love to work with him in every movie"
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The key detail is "his part kept growing". That’s the tell: Myers is admitting how roles actually expand in mainstream comedy. Not through auditions alone, but through momentum. If Verne Troyer (the likely referent, given Myers and the Austin Powers orbit) consistently says yes - to physical gags, to weird blocking, to being the punchline and still selling it with commitment - he becomes infrastructure. The script starts bending around what’s working in the room. The character isn’t merely written; it’s discovered, then rewarded.
"I would love to work with him in every movie" reads less like celebrity niceness and more like a producer’s instinct disguised as affection. Myers is spotlighting the rare performer who reduces friction and increases options. Subtext: the entertainment industry is filled with gatekeeping "no" dressed up as taste, professionalism, or ego. Verne’s value is that he bypasses that posture and makes everyone else funnier. In a culture that loves to mythologize lone-genius comedy, Myers is quietly crediting the ultimate co-author: the unstoppable yes-man who turns a small part into a gravitational one.
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Myers, Mike. (2026, January 18). Verne's all about what you can do versus what you can't do. He just kept saying yes and his part kept growing. I would love to work with him in every movie. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/vernes-all-about-what-you-can-do-versus-what-you-12916/
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Myers, Mike. "Verne's all about what you can do versus what you can't do. He just kept saying yes and his part kept growing. I would love to work with him in every movie." FixQuotes. January 18, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/vernes-all-about-what-you-can-do-versus-what-you-12916/.
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"Verne's all about what you can do versus what you can't do. He just kept saying yes and his part kept growing. I would love to work with him in every movie." FixQuotes, 18 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/vernes-all-about-what-you-can-do-versus-what-you-12916/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.



