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.
BEN STILLERPaul is Starsky, and I met him before shooting. He was very kind and encouraged us to go with what we wanted to do. It was very sweet to see them back with the car after 25 years.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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God was showing off when he made you.
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Nobody makes me bleed my own blood – nobody!
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I don’t devalue comedy as compared to drama. Not one bit.
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It’s what I wanted to do with my life. Not necessarily just direct Jim Carrey movies, but to direct and act and write and create and along the way discover what it is that I’m about.
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I don’t need a compass to tell me which way the wind shines !
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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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I studied Tom Cruise running in all the Mission Impossibles. I think he’s one of the best screen runners.
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I’m very interested in the early American history, the time when the country came together.
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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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There’s an old saying in Hollywood: It’s not the length of your film, it’s how you use it.
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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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If you look at my eyes when I’m dancing, you’ll see that glazed look.
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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 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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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.
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