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I’m very interested in the early American history, the time when the country came together.

Ben Stiller

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.
BEN STILLER

Bipolar Guy Thinking
I’m pretty sure there’s a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking. And I plan on finding out what that is.
BEN STILLER

Being Good Life Looking More Real
God was showing off when he made you.
BEN STILLER

Faith Keep Made Showing
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.
BEN STILLER

Drama Expectation People
I think this whole celebrity world is weird anyway. Weird and funny and kind of pathetic and yet so right for parody.
BEN STILLER

Kind Thinking World
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.
BEN STILLER

Book Ideas Simple
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.
BEN STILLER

Caring Names Stars
I don’t have a burning desire to be taken seriously as an actor. I don’t have a master plan in that way.
BEN STILLER

Burning Desire Taken
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?”
BEN STILLER

Country Flirting Fun
Nobody makes me bleed my own blood – nobody!
BEN STILLER

Blood Dodgeball Underdog
My parents used to throw great New Year’s Eve parties. They invited such an eclectic mix of showbiz people. All those cool people were always hanging out at our apartment.
BEN STILLER

New Year Party Years
It’s weird that people expect me to be funny. I find it a real burden when I’m expected to be humorous on talk shows.
BEN STILLER

Humorous People Real
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.
BEN STILLER

Anything Disaster Flirting Hour Something
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.
BEN STILLER

Giving Thinking Trying
I don’t need a compass to tell me which way the wind shines !
BEN STILLER

Needs Shining Wind
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.’
BEN STILLER

People Personality Thinking

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