Is that he never plays a regular guy. With the exception of So I married and axe murderer, he has always played a "character". Wayne, Shrek, Austin, Love guru, etc.
The guy needs to play a regular guy in a comedy to get his career back on track. Digging up old characters is not the way to go, it shows you've run out of talent.
and I am rooting for the guy.
http://onefilmadayreview.blogspot.com/
It can be argued that part of Mike Myers’ problem as time went on is that went from being a clever guy to someone who banks on his star power assume people will “just laugh”. To put it in another way, Mike Myers is the type of guy who seemingly prefers to make himself laugh first, rather than his audience.
Another argument that I’ve heard is that Mike Myers seems to only make movies when he can think up enough jokes to try to turn into forced memes to fill up an hour and a half (and then throw a loose story around them).