Very quickly after meeting Dustin, the whole image I had of him was shattered.
BEN STILLERI 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.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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I think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face.
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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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Nobody makes me bleed my own blood – nobody!
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Fashion is so over the top.
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And I was like, “Yeah, anything. Twenty-four hours times five is 120 hours. Oh, great, I’ll fill 120 hours of my life with something.” So I did that and it was fun, and then I did Flirting with Disaster.
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Words can only hurt you if you try to read them. Don’t play their game!
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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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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 enjoy the work I do in comedies. It’s a valid test of your creative abilities.
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Sometimes I wondered whether I hadn’t let my career get confined to one direction, but lately I’ve decided to accept the fact that I have this opportunity to be successful doing comedies.
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When I didn’t have a family, I was much more of a workaholic. I still like to work, but I also want to be home with them. As you get older, you realize you need balance. If it’s not fun, what’s the point?
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I don’t devalue comedy as compared to drama. Not one bit.
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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.
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I think you never want to have to go into the scene having to improvise; you want to make sure its working on the page. But I do like to have the ability to try stuff just in the moment, to give it some sort of spontaneity.
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I was staying on [writer/director/actor] Eric Schaeffer’s couch in New York, and he said, “I’ve got this movie [If Lucy Fell]. Can you do five days on it?”
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