Nobody makes me bleed my own blood – nobody!
BEN STILLERI studied Tom Cruise running in all the Mission Impossibles. I think he’s one of the best screen runners.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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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 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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All those rumors about her being underweight are trash. She’s [Calista Flockhart] gorgeous.
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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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God was showing off when he made you.
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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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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 studied Tom Cruise running in all the Mission Impossibles. I think he’s one of the best screen runners.
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A eugoogoolizer…one who speaks at funerals…Or did you think I was too stupid to know what a eugoogooly was?
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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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I don’t need a compass to tell me which way the wind shines !
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I’d love to travel more. I really look forward to traveling with my kids. I’m just waiting for them to want to travel with me.
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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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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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When I was growing up, This is Spinal Tap [1984] was the ultimate comedy, and it was the kind of thing I wanted to do. But you get to a point with parody where you can’t go much further because ultimately it’s feeding off of somebody else’s creativity.
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