Ben Stiller on flirting
Ben Stiller70 quotes“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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Ben StillerBen Stiller The cliches are that it’s the most generic Starsky and Hutch plot you can find.
Ben StillerBen Stiller My own parents were touchy-feely.
Ben StillerBen Stiller 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 StillerBen Stiller As a kid I had dreams about being successful, thinking it would be cool. Then, when I was in my 20s, I really thought I had it much more figured out than I do now.
Ben StillerBen Stiller 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!
Ben StillerBen Stiller I’m Jewish, but my mom’s Catholic, so the guilt area is covered. I have the highest expectations, along with the lowest. I tried to put as much of myself as possible in Reality Bites, but in terms of my humor, I’m still trying to figure out what my sensibility is. It’s a process, really.
Ben StillerBen Stiller I’m always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters.
Ben StillerBen Stiller 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 StillerBen Stiller 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 StillerBen Stiller Oh, you can milk just about anything with nipples.
Ben StillerBen Stiller Very quickly after meeting Dustin, the whole image I had of him was shattered.
Ben StillerBen Stiller All those rumors about her being underweight are trash. She’s [Calista Flockhart] gorgeous.
Ben StillerBen Stiller When we were visiting New York City, I took my kids to the same playground where I went growing up. It was fun to feel that connection of having gone there as a kid and being there as a parent.
Ben StillerBen Stiller I’m not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.
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