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All In The 1Vlishpacha
Mike Myers adores his Jewish wife and
is crazy about her mother, too.
PHILIP BERK
Special to the Jewish News
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eet Mike Myers, hon-
orary Jew.
As Austin Powers,
he's won the hearts of
half the Western world. At a press
conference at the Four Seasons Hotel
in Beverly Hills, Calif., he's even more
lovable and cuddly than he appears on
screen. And without a care in the
world — for which he credits his
Jewish wife, Robin Ruza, whom he
met 12 years ago and married in 1993.
He was happy to answer some
questions about what it's like to be
married to a nice Jewish girl.
JN: What makes your marriage so good?
M/VI: "It's simple. Robin's much more
talented than I am. She does most of
the writing. I make coffee.
But really, my wife is a master of
what she calls the mishpacha arts. Do
you know what I mean? She knows
people. I call her sodium pentothal in
human form. She just puts people at
their ease. You meet Robin and within
minutes, you're confessing crimes.
I've seen it happen. We're at a bus
stop and somebody's crying on my
wife's shoulder. She just understands
people's agendas.
I'll go, "God I think [so-and-so]
hates me, and she does."
"She doesn't hate you," Robin will
answer. "Go over and wish her happy
birthday."
I'm like, what? And then I go over
and say "Happy Birthday" and [so-
and-so] will go, "Oh thank you. It's
my birthday. I thought nobody would
say happy birthday.
Robin just knows on some level the
way of the heart.
to us is, despite different backgrounds
and households, we share an almost
identical set of values.
It's amazing how much we are alike.
We both believe people should be nice
to each other. I wish people would get
sillier. I think that silly is important.
People should lighten up, and that
would solve just about everything.
"Despite different
backgrounds and
households, [Robin
and I] share an
almost identical
set of values."
— Mike Myers
"
JN: Was it difficult overcoming your
cultural and religious differences?
MM: I happen to be Protestant from
Canada of English heritage, and my
wife is Jewish American of Russian-
Polish heritage, but what became clear
Philip Berk, a former president of the
Hollywood Foreign Press Association, is
film critic for the Los Angeles Jewish Times.
JN: Robin's mother inspired one of
your most celebrated creations, Linda
Richman, the "50-year-old Jewish
lady from Queens." Your mother-in-
law also has a small role in Austin
Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.
How did that come about?
MM: She's in the opening credits. She
plays a nun. When we were filming
the scene, she asked, "What's that
sound?" I go, "I don't hear anything."
And she says, "That's the sound of my
mother rotating in her grave."
JN: Did she insist on playing that role?
MM:: My mother-in-law can have any-
thing she wants. She's a goddess.
Whatever she wants is OK with me.
The first thing she said to me when we
met was, "Look at that punim (Yiddish
for face)! You look like Kevin Bacon.
Great! My daughter is going out with a
goy. Fabulous! You're a goy, right. You're
a drinker? Fix yourself a bowl of scotch."
JN: What does she think of Linda
Richman?
MM: She loves it. When I first met
her I'd imitate her speech. I'd say
"Kawfy, kawfv." When people would
ask what's she like, I'd say "This is
how she talks." And that's how Linda
Richman happened.
JN: What did your family think of
you marrying a Jewish girl?
MM: Well, its funny. I have an aunt
in Liverpool. I come from very poor
Liverpool stock. I've had the fortune of
being employed in movies, and, there-
fore, I've made more money than my
entire gene pool. So when I rook Robin
to Liverpool to meet my family there, I
didn't know how they would react.
I told her, "Look Robin, I'm very
working class. I don't know what
they're going to say. They might say
things they don't realize are anti-
Semitic. But please, they're good peo-
ple, [just] not so educated."
My Aunt Milly is the matriarch.
She was 96 at the time; she was born
in 1901.
"Robin," she asks, "where were you
christened?" And like, we're- all out for
drinks. There are 40 people from my
family, all with my face, and I cringe.
My stomach goes wham to the bottom.
And Robin responds, "Well Aunt
Milly, actually I'm Jewish."
And my aunt goes, "Oh, I love
Jews. Every girlfriend I've ever had was
a Jew. They use to call me the Yiddishe
shiksa." And she just gave Robin a big
hug and a kiss and everybody was like,
"Ooh, she's Jewish!"
And it was great. I almost cried
because I grew up in Canada, and I did-
n't know how they were going to react.
It was a really wonderful experience.
And it was the same with Robin's