I wanted to be funny for people who didn’t care about fashion at all, to just to kind of exist as a silly character.
BEN STILLERGod was showing off when he made you.
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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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All those rumors about her being underweight are trash. She’s [Calista Flockhart] gorgeous.
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I’m not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.
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I’m always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters.
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I was a bad student. I liked archaeology actually, I was interested in maybe becoming an archaeologist but I was such a bad student and had such bad grades that I wasn’t going to get into any really good college so I fell back on acting.
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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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Maybe forced retirement isn’t necessary after all.
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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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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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Nobody makes me bleed my own blood – nobody!
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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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I don’t think the public is dying to see me necessarily be funny all the time.
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God was showing off when he made you.
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Paul 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.
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I don’t play hockey at all. I’m not comfortable on skates.
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