Ben Stiller on drama
Ben Stiller70 quotes“I would like to do more dramas when I find a good role that will allow me to politely upset people’s expectations of me as a comic actor.”
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The cliches are that it’s the most generic Starsky and Hutch plot you can find.
Ben StillerBen Stiller My own parents were touchy-feely.
Ben StillerBen Stiller People like to define you through what they’ve seen you do. There are aspects of my personality, I guess, that come through on-screen, but I don’t sit around thinking, ‘I’ve been a bumbling suitor all my life.’
Ben StillerBen Stiller As a kid I had dreams about being successful, thinking it would be cool. Then, when I was in my 20s, I really thought I had it much more figured out than I do now.
Ben StillerBen Stiller There’s always an element of fear that you need to work a lot until people get sick and tired of you or finally figure out that you’re a fraud after all!
Ben StillerBen Stiller I’m Jewish, but my mom’s Catholic, so the guilt area is covered. I have the highest expectations, along with the lowest. I tried to put as much of myself as possible in Reality Bites, but in terms of my humor, I’m still trying to figure out what my sensibility is. It’s a process, really.
Ben StillerBen Stiller I’m always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters.
Ben StillerBen Stiller I know that I’m better as an actor when I’m working with a good actor. I think anytime you’re working with a better actor, it makes you a better actor.
Ben StillerBen Stiller Oh, you can milk just about anything with nipples.
Ben StillerBen Stiller Very quickly after meeting Dustin, the whole image I had of him was shattered.
Ben StillerBen Stiller All those rumors about her being underweight are trash. She’s [Calista Flockhart] gorgeous.
Ben StillerBen Stiller 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.
Ben StillerBen Stiller I’m not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.
Ben StillerBen Stiller I’ve had a very good career and I’m grateful that the public has had some level of acceptance and appreciation of my work.
Ben StillerBen Stiller It’s what I wanted to do with my life. Not necessarily just direct Jim Carrey movies, but to direct and act and write and create and along the way discover what it is that I’m about.
Ben StillerBen Stiller I don’t play hockey at all. I’m not comfortable on skates.
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