Zoolander was more of my own sensibility.
BEN STILLERVery quickly after meeting Dustin, the whole image I had of him was shattered.
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Zoolander was more of my own sensibility.
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Words can only hurt you if you try to read them. Don’t play their game!
BEN STILLERWords can only hurt you if you try to read them. Don’t play their game!
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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 STILLERWhen 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.
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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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The cliches are that it’s the most generic Starsky and Hutch plot you can find.
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Maybe forced retirement isn’t necessary after all.
BEN STILLERMaybe forced retirement isn’t necessary after all.
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When 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.
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.
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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!
BEN STILLERThere’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 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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You have to stay in character in between takes.
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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.
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Nobody makes me bleed my own blood – nobody!
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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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I don’t think the public is dying to see me necessarily be funny all the time.
BEN STILLERI don’t think the public is dying to see me necessarily be funny all the time.
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I recently watched that Lucie Arnaz-produced documentary [Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie, 1992] about her parents [Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz], and I saw so much of my own childhood there.
BEN STILLERI recently watched that Lucie Arnaz-produced documentary [Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie, 1992] about her parents [Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz], and I saw so much of my own childhood there.
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