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.
BEN STILLERAll those rumors about her being underweight are trash. She’s [Calista Flockhart] gorgeous.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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I don’t devalue comedy as compared to drama. Not one bit.
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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 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 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’m not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.
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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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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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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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The cliches are that it’s the most generic Starsky and Hutch plot you can find.
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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 have a lot of nervous energy. Work is my best way of channelling that into something productive unless I want to wind up assaulting the postman or gardener.
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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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It was a mixed blessing to have famous parents. It was tough to go to auditions and be bad, since I couldn’t be anonymous.
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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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