When you have kids you want to be able to go to movies and take the family too, and actually all enjoy it together. I don’t think there are that many great, live action family movies that everybody can enjoy.
BEN STILLERI don’t think it’s ever easy to be funny. I find it easy to amuse myself with a certain sort of cynical dark humor that tends toward the meaner side, like my character in Happy Gilmore. Those kinds of characters come easily to me.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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Oh, you can milk just about anything with nipples.
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You’re freaked out that you’re going to be having a child, and once you’re looking after your daughter, it’s the most beautiful thing in the world.
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The big-name stars . . . are always going to be playing what they’ve played before if they want to remain so-called A-list stars. That’s why someone like Johnny Depp is doing more interesting roles not caring about the size of the movie.
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I’m pretty sure there’s a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking. And I plan on finding out what that is.
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It’s weird that people expect me to be funny. I find it a real burden when I’m expected to be humorous on talk shows.
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I don’t know what that weid fantasy is that makes people go, “Oh, you must have had a great childhood.”
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I’m very interested in the early American history, the time when the country came together.
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I wanted to be funny for people who didn’t care about fashion at all, to just to kind of exist as a silly character.
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I have not been an easygoing guy. I think it’s called bipolar manic depression. I’ve got a rich history of that in my family.
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I don’t even want to think of myself as an actor because it’s such an insecure place to go.
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I enjoy the work I do in comedies. It’s a valid test of your creative abilities.
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Very quickly after meeting Dustin, the whole image I had of him was shattered.
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When we were visiting New York City, I took my kids to the same playground where I went growing up. It was fun to feel that connection of having gone there as a kid and being there as a parent.
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I’m just not a naturally cheery person. I’m naturally moody. I know that from people who spend a lot of time with me. People who spend a lot of time with me may not wish to spend a lot more time with me.
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I don’t think the public is dying to see me necessarily be funny all the time.
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