I’m always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters.
BEN STILLERWhen 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?
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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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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You have to stay in character in between takes.
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God was showing off when he made you.
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I recently watched that Lucie Arnaz-produced documentary [Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie, 1992] about her parents [Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz], and I saw so much of my own childhood there.
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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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Sometimes I wondered whether I hadn’t let my career get confined to one direction, but lately I’ve decided to accept the fact that I have this opportunity to be successful doing comedies.
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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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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 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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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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Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty.
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I don’t think the public is dying to see me necessarily be funny all the time.
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Oh, you can milk just about anything with nipples.
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Whatever talent I had, I’m sure it helped that my parents were in the business and that I grew up around actors, comedians and directors.
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I’m very interested in the early American history, the time when the country came together.
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