The big-name stars . . . are always going to be playing what they’ve played before if they want to remain so-called A-list stars. That’s why someone like Johnny Depp is doing more interesting roles not caring about the size of the movie.
BEN STILLEROh, you can milk just about anything with nipples.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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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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I’m very interested in the early American history, the time when the country came together.
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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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It’s great to work with the people who make you laugh and who are funnier than I am.
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I’m always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters.
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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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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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Jim Carrey, a comic genius, has a harder time overcoming the public’s desire for him to be funny simply because he’s so good at it.
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The cliches are that it’s the most generic Starsky and Hutch plot you can find.
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My own parents were touchy-feely.
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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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Zoolander was more of my own sensibility.
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All those rumors about her being underweight are trash. She’s [Calista Flockhart] gorgeous.
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Sometimes I wondered whether I hadn’t let my career get confined to one direction, but lately I’ve decided to accept the fact that I have this opportunity to be successful doing comedies.
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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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