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 STILLERMaybe forced retirement isn’t necessary after all.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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The cliches are that it’s the most generic Starsky and Hutch plot you can find.
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Oh, you can milk just about anything with nipples.
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Nobody makes me bleed my own blood – nobody!
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I’m not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.
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I have a lot of nervous energy. Work is my best way of channelling that into something productive unless I want to wind up assaulting the postman or gardener.
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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.
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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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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 need a compass to tell me which way the wind shines !
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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’m always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters.
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It’s great to work with the people who make you laugh and who are funnier than I am.
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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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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 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 had two projects that fell apart during preproduction. The first one was this movie that Judd Apatow and I had written about two guys following the Rolling Stones. It was going to be half concert film, half pseudo-documentary.
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Words can only hurt you if you try to read them. Don’t play their game!
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If you look at my eyes when I’m dancing, you’ll see that glazed look.
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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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You have to stay in character in between takes.
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I don’t have a burning desire to be taken seriously as an actor. I don’t have a master plan in that way.
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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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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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Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty.
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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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I don’t play hockey at all. I’m not comfortable on skates.
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