I don’t have a burning desire to be taken seriously as an actor. I don’t have a master plan in that way.
BEN STILLERMy own parents were touchy-feely.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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I think the most serious genre is the thing you’re going to get the most out of. If you’re trying to satirise a comedy, it’s hard to do that – it doesn’t really work as well. But I love the war movie genre and I’m a fan of all those movies that are part of what this movie is.
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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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I’m very interested in the early American history, the time when the country came together.
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I don’t even want to think of myself as an actor because it’s such an insecure place to go.
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I was a bad student. I liked archaeology actually, I was interested in maybe becoming an archaeologist but I was such a bad student and had such bad grades that I wasn’t going to get into any really good college so I fell back on acting.
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Maybe forced retirement isn’t necessary after all.
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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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Very quickly after meeting Dustin, the whole image I had of him was shattered.
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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 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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I grew up wanting to make movies, and along the way I suddenly found that I had a career doing comedy.
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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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I’m not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.
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I’ve had a very good career and I’m grateful that the public has had some level of acceptance and appreciation of my work.
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All those rumors about her being underweight are trash. She’s [Calista Flockhart] gorgeous.
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