Maybe forced retirement isn’t necessary after all.
BEN STILLERI actually started working on Madagascar before my daughter was born.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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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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I’m always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters.
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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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Fashion is so over the top.
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I’ve had a very good career and I’m grateful that the public has had some level of acceptance and appreciation of my work.
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Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty.
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I think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor.
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If you look at my eyes when I’m dancing, you’ll see that glazed look.
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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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You have to stay in character in between takes.
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I’d love to travel more. I really look forward to traveling with my kids. I’m just waiting for them to want to travel with me.
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The cliches are that it’s the most generic Starsky and Hutch plot you can find.
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God was showing off when he made you.
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Zoolander was more of my own sensibility.
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Words can only hurt you if you try to read them. Don’t play their game!
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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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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’m Jewish, but my mom’s Catholic, so the guilt area is covered. I have the highest expectations, along with the lowest. I tried to put as much of myself as possible in Reality Bites, but in terms of my humor, I’m still trying to figure out what my sensibility is. It’s a process, really.
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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 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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I don’t play hockey at all. I’m not comfortable on skates.
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There’s always an element of fear that you need to work a lot until people get sick and tired of you or finally figure out that you’re a fraud after all!
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Oh, you can milk just about anything with nipples.
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You’re freaked out that you’re going to be having a child, and once you’re looking after your daughter, it’s the most beautiful thing in the world.
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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.
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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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