If you look at my eyes when I’m dancing, you’ll see that glazed look.
BEN STILLERI actually started working on Madagascar before my daughter was born.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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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.
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I don’t think it’s ever easy to be funny. I find it easy to amuse myself with a certain sort of cynical dark humor that tends toward the meaner side, like my character in Happy Gilmore. Those kinds of characters come easily to me.
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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 a sense here in L.A. that everybody’s aware of everybody all the time. It’s funny but we choose it. People who are here want to be here, including me.
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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.
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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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I don’t know what that weid fantasy is that makes people go, “Oh, you must have had a great childhood.”
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I’m always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters.
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God was showing off when he made you.
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I think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face.
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I don’t need a compass to tell me which way the wind shines !
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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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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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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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All those rumors about her being underweight are trash. She’s [Calista Flockhart] gorgeous.
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