I don’t know what that weid fantasy is that makes people go, “Oh, you must have had a great childhood.”
BEN STILLERThe cliches are that it’s the most generic Starsky and Hutch plot you can find.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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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 even want to think of myself as an actor because it’s such an insecure place to go.
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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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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.
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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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It’s great to work with the people who make you laugh and who are funnier than I am.
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I think this whole celebrity world is weird anyway. Weird and funny and kind of pathetic and yet so right for parody.
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It’s weird that people expect me to be funny. I find it a real burden when I’m expected to be humorous on talk shows.
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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.
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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 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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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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I think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor.
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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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