I don’t even want to think of myself as an actor because it’s such an insecure place to go.
BEN STILLERI 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.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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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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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 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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I’m not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.
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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 enjoy the work I do in comedies. It’s a valid test of your creative abilities.
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Very quickly after meeting Dustin, the whole image I had of him was shattered.
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I don’t devalue comedy as compared to drama. Not one bit.
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I think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor.
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I don’t play hockey at all. I’m not comfortable on skates.
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Nobody makes me bleed my own blood – nobody!
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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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I’m very interested in the early American history, the time when the country came together.
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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.
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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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