Jim Carrey, a comic genius, has a harder time overcoming the public’s desire for him to be funny simply because he’s so good at it.
BEN STILLERIt was a mixed blessing to have famous parents. It was tough to go to auditions and be bad, since I couldn’t be anonymous.
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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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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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 studied Tom Cruise running in all the Mission Impossibles. I think he’s one of the best screen runners.
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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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Maybe forced retirement isn’t necessary after all.
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Nobody makes me bleed my own blood – nobody!
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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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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 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’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’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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I grew up wanting to make movies, and along the way I suddenly found that I had a career doing comedy.
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I don’t devalue comedy as compared to drama. Not one bit.
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Very quickly after meeting Dustin, the whole image I had of him was shattered.
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When you have kids you want to be able to go to movies and take the family too, and actually all enjoy it together. I don’t think there are that many great, live action family movies that everybody can enjoy.
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My own parents were touchy-feely.
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I actually started working on Madagascar before my daughter was born.
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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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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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If you look at my eyes when I’m dancing, you’ll see that glazed look.
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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.
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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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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’m not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.
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