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.’
BEN STILLERWhen 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.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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If you look at my eyes when I’m dancing, you’ll see that glazed look.
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There’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.
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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 don’t devalue comedy as compared to drama. Not one bit.
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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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You’re freaked out that you’re going to be having a child, and once you’re looking after your daughter, it’s the most beautiful thing in the world.
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I don’t need a compass to tell me which way the wind shines !
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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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The cliches are that it’s the most generic Starsky and Hutch plot you can find.
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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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I’d love to travel more. I really look forward to traveling with my kids. I’m just waiting for them to want to travel with me.
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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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It’s weird that people expect me to be funny. I find it a real burden when I’m expected to be humorous on talk shows.
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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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When I didn’t have a family, I was much more of a workaholic. I still like to work, but I also want to be home with them. As you get older, you realize you need balance. If it’s not fun, what’s the point?
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