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 STILLERI 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.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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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.’
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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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God was showing off when he made you.
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I think this whole celebrity world is weird anyway. Weird and funny and kind of pathetic and yet so right for parody.
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I love New York. I was sad, depressed and incredibly moved by our fellow countrymen and what they’ve done. I wanted to give people a chance to see something funny, have a distraction.
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There’s an old saying in Hollywood: It’s not the length of your film, it’s how you use it.
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I grew up wanting to make movies, and along the way I suddenly found that I had a career doing comedy.
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It was a mixed blessing to have famous parents. It was tough to go to auditions and be bad, since I couldn’t be anonymous.
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I don’t think know if anything’s going to translate anywhere. You’re making a movie, you hope it’s going to be funny, you can’t think about how it’s going to go over.
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I think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face.
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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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The failure of The Cable Guy impacted my career. I had to start writing and acting again.
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Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty.
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I think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor.
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My own parents were touchy-feely.
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