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.
BEN STILLERWords can only hurt you if you try to read them. Don’t play their game!
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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I’m not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.
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Jim Carrey, a comic genius, has a harder time overcoming the public’s desire for him to be funny simply because he’s so good at it.
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Nobody makes me bleed my own blood – nobody!
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I actually started working on Madagascar before my daughter was born.
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Maybe forced retirement isn’t necessary after all.
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I think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face.
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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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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 think the most serious genre is the thing you’re going to get the most out of. If you’re trying to satirise a comedy, it’s hard to do that – it doesn’t really work as well. But I love the war movie genre and I’m a fan of all those movies that are part of what this movie is.
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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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The failure of The Cable Guy impacted my career. I had to start writing and acting again.
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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 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 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’m just not a naturally cheery person. I’m naturally moody. I know that from people who spend a lot of time with me. People who spend a lot of time with me may not wish to spend a lot more time with me.
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