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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.

Ben Stiller

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.
BEN STILLER

Desire Genius Overcoming
When you have kids you want to be able to go to movies and take the family too, and actually all enjoy it together. I don’t think there are that many great, live action family movies that everybody can enjoy.
BEN STILLER

Kids Thinking Together
And I was like, “Yeah, anything. Twenty-four hours times five is 120 hours. Oh, great, I’ll fill 120 hours of my life with something.” So I did that and it was fun, and then I did Flirting with Disaster.
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Anything Disaster Flirting Hour Something
I actually started working on Madagascar before my daughter was born.
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Daughter Start Working
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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Including People Want
Fashion is so over the top.
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Comedy Fashion Over Top
I’m not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.
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Country Expert Humor Sense
I don’t know what that weid fantasy is that makes people go, “Oh, you must have had a great childhood.”
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Childhood Fantasy People
I think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face.
BEN STILLER

Dodgeball Faces Thinking
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.
BEN STILLER

Comedy Genre Movie Satrise Serious Well
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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Bipolar Guy Thinking
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.’
BEN STILLER

People Personality Thinking
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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Balance Fun Home
God was showing off when he made you.
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Faith Keep Made Showing
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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Humorous People Real
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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Actor Knows Thinking

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