Whatever talent I had, I’m sure it helped that my parents were in the business and that I grew up around actors, comedians and directors.
BEN STILLERI enjoy the work I do in comedies. It’s a valid test of your creative abilities.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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God was showing off when he made you.
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Words can only hurt you if you try to read them. Don’t play their game!
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Zoolander was more of my own sensibility.
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It’s what I wanted to do with my life. Not necessarily just direct Jim Carrey movies, but to direct and act and write and create and along the way discover what it is that I’m about.
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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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I actually started working on Madagascar before my daughter was born.
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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 studied Tom Cruise running in all the Mission Impossibles. I think he’s one of the best screen runners.
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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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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 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 don’t know what that weid fantasy is that makes people go, “Oh, you must have had a great childhood.”
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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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A eugoogoolizer…one who speaks at funerals…Or did you think I was too stupid to know what a eugoogooly was?
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