This guy changed culture with Wayne's World, Austin Powers, and Shrek.
Yet, he comes off as a bit of a tool.
Especially with his last TV series.
I like his work, and I don't know why his diva reputation is such a big deal when many other actors get a pass, unless it has to do with the fact he's not classically handsome. Method actors are always blaming their method for their madness, so it seems like he was unnecessarily singled out.
I LOVE GOOOOOLD
share"Since early in his career the actor has been tagged with a reputation for being difficult to work with: moody, controlling, and arrogant."
"'I’ve never understood where the lore about Mike comes from,' says Jay Roach, who directed the Austin Powers films. 'I just know he’s very passionate about his work, and he wants it to be great and pushes hard for that. But once the lore begins, there’s not much you can do about it.'"
Source: https://ew.com/article/2008/06/16/mike-myers-man-mystery/
I'll say this: Hollywood will put up with a lot while you are a winner. But once you start bombing at the box office, fuhgedaboudit.
See Val Kilmer and several others. Even Marlon Brando. He was almost unhirable when Coppola cast him as Vito Corleone. He really had to push hard to get him.
Brando behaved himself on that set, but once his career was back on track he was back to his old ways.