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.
BEN STILLER
BEN STILLER
Ben Stiller on appreciation
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Ben StillerBen Stiller And I was like, “Yeah, anything. Twenty-four hours times five is 120 hours. Oh, great, I’ll fill 120 hours of my life with something.” So I did that and it was fun, and then I did Flirting with Disaster.
Ben StillerBen Stiller I don’t think know if anything’s going to translate anywhere. You’re making a movie, you hope it’s going to be funny, you can’t think about how it’s going to go over.
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Ben StillerBen Stiller I grew up wanting to make movies, and along the way I suddenly found that I had a career doing comedy.
Ben StillerBen Stiller Maybe forced retirement isn’t necessary after all.
Ben StillerBen Stiller I studied Tom Cruise running in all the Mission Impossibles. I think he’s one of the best screen runners.
Ben StillerBen Stiller The cliches are that it’s the most generic Starsky and Hutch plot you can find.
Ben StillerBen Stiller My own parents were touchy-feely.
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Ben StillerBen Stiller As a kid I had dreams about being successful, thinking it would be cool. Then, when I was in my 20s, I really thought I had it much more figured out than I do now.
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