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Maybe forced retirement isn’t necessary after all.

Ben Stiller

I’m always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters.
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Character Comedy Endure
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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Desire Genius Overcoming
Fashion is so over the top.
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Comedy Fashion Over Top
I think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor.
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Actors People Thinking
I don’t devalue comedy as compared to drama. Not one bit.
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Comedy Devalue Drama
You’re freaked out that you’re going to be having a child, and once you’re looking after your daughter, it’s the most beautiful thing in the world.
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Beautiful Daughter Mother
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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Actors Insecure Thinking
I don’t need a compass to tell me which way the wind shines !
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Needs Shining Wind
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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Acceptance Appreciation Grateful
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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Childhood Home Parent
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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Energy Want Wind
The failure of The Cable Guy impacted my career. I had to start writing and acting again.
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Careers Guy Writing
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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Burning Desire Taken
Oh, you can milk just about anything with nipples.
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Anything Milk Nipples
I would like to do more dramas when I find a good role that will allow me to politely upset people’s expectations of me as a comic actor.
BEN STILLER

Drama Expectation People
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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Comedian Directors Parent

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