When I was growing up, This is Spinal Tap [1984] was the ultimate comedy, and it was the kind of thing I wanted to do. But you get to a point with parody where you can’t go much further because ultimately it’s feeding off of somebody else’s creativity.
BEN STILLERI don’t play hockey at all. I’m not comfortable on skates.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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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 even want to think of myself as an actor because it’s such an insecure place to go.
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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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All those rumors about her being underweight are trash. She’s [Calista Flockhart] gorgeous.
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It was Mick Jagger’s idea.The other one was Simple Plan, based on a novel by Scott Smith. It’s a great book – really stark, not a comedy – about a guy who finds $4 million in a plane crash and decides to keep it.
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Words can only hurt you if you try to read them. Don’t play their game!
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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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I’m very interested in the early American history, the time when the country came together.
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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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Maybe forced retirement isn’t necessary after all.
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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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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 enjoy the work I do in comedies. It’s a valid test of your creative abilities.
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People like to define you through what they’ve seen you do. There are aspects of my personality, I guess, that come through on-screen, but I don’t sit around thinking, ‘I’ve been a bumbling suitor all my life.’
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I think the most serious genre is the thing you’re going to get the most out of. If you’re trying to satirise a comedy, it’s hard to do that – it doesn’t really work as well. But I love the war movie genre and I’m a fan of all those movies that are part of what this movie is.
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