The big-name stars . . . are always going to be playing what they’ve played before if they want to remain so-called A-list stars. That’s why someone like Johnny Depp is doing more interesting roles not caring about the size of the movie.
BEN STILLERMoisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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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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Words can only hurt you if you try to read them. Don’t play their game!
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I love New York. I was sad, depressed and incredibly moved by our fellow countrymen and what they’ve done. I wanted to give people a chance to see something funny, have a distraction.
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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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Very quickly after meeting Dustin, the whole image I had of him was shattered.
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Fashion is so over the top.
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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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I was staying on [writer/director/actor] Eric Schaeffer’s couch in New York, and he said, “I’ve got this movie [If Lucy Fell]. Can you do five days on it?”
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Oh, you can milk just about anything with nipples.
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I’m not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.
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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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I had two projects that fell apart during preproduction. The first one was this movie that Judd Apatow and I had written about two guys following the Rolling Stones. It was going to be half concert film, half pseudo-documentary.
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If you look at my eyes when I’m dancing, you’ll see that glazed look.
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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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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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