Eugene Levy Looks Back on ‘American Pie’ and ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ Working With Son Dan and Catherine O’Hara, and Whether He Finds Himself Funny
variety.comHunter Ingram Eugene Levy doesn’t think he’s funny — and he’s not kidding. Talk to the Canadian film and television icon about his career and he’s pretty adamant that he isn’t funny.
For him, it’s all about the character. “It always comes down to my own kind of psychiatric approach to myself, which is that I’ve spent my career in comedy, and I don’t think I’m a funny person,” Levy tells Variety. “My laughs come through the characters I do, so character work has always been a big thing for me.
If I’m playing a character, I can be funny.” But for nearly 50 years, audiences have disagreed with him. They believe he is funny.
In fact, Levy has spent his career being so instinctively and dependably funny that he’s often the best part of the projects he’s in — even if only for one or two scenes.
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