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.
BEN STILLERI’m very interested in the early American history, the time when the country came together.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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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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I don’t devalue comedy as compared to drama. Not one bit.
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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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All those rumors about her being underweight are trash. She’s [Calista Flockhart] gorgeous.
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Maybe forced retirement isn’t necessary after all.
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Fashion is so over the top.
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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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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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The failure of The Cable Guy impacted my career. I had to start writing and acting again.
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I enjoy the work I do in comedies. It’s a valid test of your creative abilities.
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Sometimes I wondered whether I hadn’t let my career get confined to one direction, but lately I’ve decided to accept the fact that I have this opportunity to be successful doing comedies.
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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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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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Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty.
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I studied Tom Cruise running in all the Mission Impossibles. I think he’s one of the best screen runners.
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