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.
BEN STILLERI had two projects that fell apart during preproduction. The first one was this movie that Judd Apatow and I had written about two guys following the Rolling Stones. It was going to be half concert film, half pseudo-documentary.
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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 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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Nobody makes me bleed my own blood – nobody!
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I had two projects that fell apart during preproduction. The first one was this movie that Judd Apatow and I had written about two guys following the Rolling Stones. It was going to be half concert film, half pseudo-documentary.
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Zoolander was more of my own sensibility.
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I’m not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.
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God was showing off when he made you.
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If you look at my eyes when I’m dancing, you’ll see that glazed look.
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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 think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face.
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The failure of The Cable Guy impacted my career. I had to start writing and acting again.
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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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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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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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I think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor.
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