It’s great to work with the people who make you laugh and who are funnier than I am.
BEN STILLERThere’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.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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I’m very interested in the early American history, the time when the country came together.
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Maybe forced retirement isn’t necessary after all.
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All those rumors about her being underweight are trash. She’s [Calista Flockhart] gorgeous.
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When we were visiting New York City, I took my kids to the same playground where I went growing up. It was fun to feel that connection of having gone there as a kid and being there as a parent.
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I recently watched that Lucie Arnaz-produced documentary [Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie, 1992] about her parents [Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz], and I saw so much of my own childhood there.
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Very quickly after meeting Dustin, the whole image I had of him was shattered.
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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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The big-name stars . . . are always going to be playing what they’ve played before if they want to remain so-called A-list stars. That’s why someone like Johnny Depp is doing more interesting roles not caring about the size of the movie.
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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 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 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 think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor.
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Oh, you can milk just about anything with nipples.
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I love New York. I was sad, depressed and incredibly moved by our fellow countrymen and what they’ve done. I wanted to give people a chance to see something funny, have a distraction.
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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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