If you look at my eyes when I’m dancing, you’ll see that glazed look.
BEN STILLERMy own parents were touchy-feely.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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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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You have to stay in character in between takes.
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Paul is Starsky, and I met him before shooting. He was very kind and encouraged us to go with what we wanted to do. It was very sweet to see them back with the car after 25 years.
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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 know that I’m better as an actor when I’m working with a good actor. I think anytime you’re working with a better actor, it makes you a better actor.
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I actually started working on Madagascar before my daughter was born.
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I think you never want to have to go into the scene having to improvise; you want to make sure its working on the page. But I do like to have the ability to try stuff just in the moment, to give it some sort of spontaneity.
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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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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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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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Words can only hurt you if you try to read them. Don’t play their game!
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I think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor.
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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 enjoy the work I do in comedies. It’s a valid test of your creative abilities.
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Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty.
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