Movie Article  Q+A: Mike Myers  The star talks about the success
of ''Shrek'' and his new movie, ''The Love Guru''  Entertainment
Weekly: What was the original germ of the idea for this
spiritual-guru character? Mike Meyers: In 1991, my father died.
He was a really funny Liverpool dude, and I was very close to
him. He'd had Alzheimer's, and it was a horrible time. I became
very interested in the question of ''What is happiness?''
Everything I've studied comes down to this notion that you have
to accept who you are and love yourself — and that's what this
movie is about. Now, that's not a terribly funny genesis for a
movie. But as Lenny Bruce said, the equation of comedy is pain
plus time.   Speaking of time, you haven't appeared on screen in
five years. Did it just take that long for this idea to develop?
Myers: One could never have predicted the tremendous success of
the Shrek films and the amount of time it took promoting them,
so my usual rhythm was thrown off that way. But having said
that, I've done well