Maybe forced retirement isn’t necessary after all.
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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I think you never want to have to go into the scene having to improvise; you want to make sure its working on the page. But I do like to have the ability to try stuff just in the moment, to give it some sort of spontaneity.
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Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty.
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I’m always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters.
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Nobody makes me bleed my own blood – nobody!
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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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I don’t think it’s ever easy to be funny. I find it easy to amuse myself with a certain sort of cynical dark humor that tends toward the meaner side, like my character in Happy Gilmore. Those kinds of characters come easily to me.
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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’s great to work with the people who make you laugh and who are funnier than I am.
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I think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face.
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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’d love to travel more. I really look forward to traveling with my kids. I’m just waiting for them to want to travel with me.
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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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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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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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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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