I think a lot of the instincts you have doing comedy are really the same for doing drama, in that it's essentially about listening. The way I approach comedy, is you have to commit to everything as if it's a dramatic role, meaning you play it straight.

You need to get yourself to a hairdresser straight away; you need to spend buckets and buckets of money on in-salon treatments and you need to buy everything that they recommend for you to take home. The story was further propagated when it appeared on Google News. "Old School was a major success and Ferrell received an MTV Movie Awards nomination for Best Comedic Performance.

He is considered a member of the "Frat Pack" a generation of leading Hollywood comic actors who emerged in the late 1990s and the 2000s including Jack Black Ben Stiller Steve Carell Vince Vaughn and brothers Owen and Luke Wilson. John William "Will" Ferrell (/ˈfɛrəl/; born July 16 1967) is an American comedian impressionist actor and writer.