Top 120 Will Ferrell Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “If you ain’t first, you’re last!”

— Will Ferrell

2. “If no-one comes from the future to stop doing it, then how bad of a decision can it really be?”

— Will Ferrell

3. “Before you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with slow Internet to see who they really are.”

— Will Ferrell

4. “Whenever someone calls me ugly I get super sad and hug them, because I know how tough life is for the visually impaired.”

— Will Ferrell

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5. “I’m in a glass case of emotion.”

— Will Ferrell

6. “Facebook is like jail, you sit around and waste time, you write on walls and you get poked by people you don’t know.”

— Will Ferrell

7. “No matter how much you screw up your own life by the wrong decisions that you make, it’s never too late to do the right thing and change your ways and you can teach old dogs new tricks.”

— Will Ferrell

8. “There’s a benefit to losing, you get to learn from your mistakes.”

— Will Ferrell

9. “Well, I could be wrong, but I believe diversity is an old, old wooden ship that was used during the Civil War era.”

— Will Ferrell

10. “Grief is nature’s most powerful aphrodisiac.”

— Will Ferrell

11. “Immature is aword boring people use to describe fun people.”

— Will Ferrell

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12. “I’m just a big, hairy, American winning machine!”

— Will Ferrell

13. “I hate when new parents ask who the baby looks like. It was born 15 minutes ago, it looks like a potato.”

— Will Ferrell

14. “The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear!”

— Will Ferrell

15. “Alcohol is like Photoshop for real life.”

— Will Ferrell

16. “America is all about speed. Hot, nasty, badass speed.”

— Will Ferrell

17. “I put my pants on just like the rest of you – one leg at a time. Except, once my pants are on, I make gold records.”

— Will Ferrell

18. “I guess destiny is not the path given to us but the path we choose for ourselves.”

— Will Ferrell

19. “James Caan told me at the end of filming ‘Elf’ that he had been waiting through the whole film for me to be funny – and I never was.”

— Will Ferrell

20. “I’m a cotton-headed ninny muggins.”

— Will Ferrell

21. “I’m a Progressive. Much in the same way our founding fathers – who, oddly enough, wouldn’t get elected today – were Progressives.”

— Will Ferrell

22. “Personal philosophy: Clothing optional.”

— Will Ferrell

23. “I’m a Cancer; I’m music passionate. I like long walks on the beach.”

— Will Ferrell

24. “I look good. I mean, really good. Hey everyone! Come and see how good I look!”

— Will Ferrell

25. “Anyone can memorize facts and figures. The real way to learn anything is to go out and experience it. Let your curiosity lead you.”

— Will Ferrell

26. “No matter how much you screw up your life, you can fix it.”

— Will Ferrell

27. “Inappropriate behavior makes me laugh.”

— Will Ferrell

28. “I’m a really good swimmer.”

— Will Ferrell

29. “I’m a panicked karaoke participant because I am always searching for a song in the moment. I don’t have my go to song. I will be driving along and I will be like, “That should be my karaoke song!” and then I forget what song it is.”

— Will Ferrell

30. “Why not work with your friends? It’s working with people you know, and you share the same sensibility.”

— Will Ferrell

31. “In every circle of friends there’s always that one person everyone secretly hates. Don’t have one? Then it’s probably you.”

— Will Ferrell

32. “I Was so Drunk, I Thought a Tube of Toothpaste Was Astronaut Food.”

— Will Ferrell

33. “You know you can be having a bad day and someone will walk by and say: ‘Hey, I love you, Will.’ That really cheers you up. That’s a really lovely thing.”

— Will Ferrell

34. “Everyone I know who skis is dead.”

— Will Ferrell

35. “I’ve never been a conceited person or cocky, never felt boastful, but I always had a sense of self-worth; I always had a real sense of myself.”

— Will Ferrell

36. “I just Fell Down the Stairs Holding a Guitar and Accidentally Wrote a One Direction Song.”

— Will Ferrell

37. “You did it! Congratulations! World’s best cup of coffee! Great job, everybody! It’s great to be here.”

— Will Ferrell

38. “What about Santa’s cookies? I suppose ‘parents’ eat those, too?”

— Will Ferrell

39. “I never put too much pressure on myself when I’m the central thing, just because I don’t think I could handle it mentally. I haven’t really thought about the implications of carrying a movie. It still has to be just a fun, weird thing.”

— Will Ferrell

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40. “There’s nothing sexy about Orange County.”

— Will Ferrell

41. “I’ve always wanted to sail around the world in a handmade boat, and I built a boat.”

— Will Ferrell

42. “I am a bit of a gourmet chef. I love cooking mostly Thai food. And a lot of times on movies, you have these trailers that have these little ovens and kitchenettes. A lot of actors never use them, but I would cook lunch just about every day.”

— Will Ferrell

43. “When you’re doing an out-and-out comedy, the notion of preparing for a character – I hope I don’t reveal too much of myself here – but, uh, no, I’m not doing anything.”

— Will Ferrell

44. “When you look at someone like Sacha Baron Cohen, you have to really respect the boundaries he is pushing as Bruno or Borat.”

— Will Ferrell

45. “I like challenging myself. I like the challenge of rapping to fast beats, rapping to beats that are super slow, whatever. I like the challenges, so I’m not afraid to take on any piece of music and create a song to it if it feels right to me.”

— Will Ferrell

46. “I would love to work with Bill Murray. I’ve always been such a big fan. I think he’s obviously a great comedic actor but a really interesting actor.”

— Will Ferrell

47. “It doesn’t really exist, this Frat Pack. We run into each other on occasions and we all like each other’s films, I guess, but there isn’t some big funny restaurant or bar where we all hang out. At least, if there is, they haven’t invited me.”

— Will Ferrell

48. “Sleep is so cute when it tries to compete with the internet.”

— Will Ferrell

49. “My dad turned me onto Peter Sellers as a kid. I loved the fact that he was a unique combination of being extremely subtle and over-the-top all at the same time, and that’s a hard thing to do. I admire that.”

— Will Ferrell

50. “A fashion plate, a rock star in his own mind, Megamind is more showman than deadly menace.”

— Will Ferrell