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.
BEN STILLERI 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.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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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 studied Tom Cruise running in all the Mission Impossibles. I think he’s one of the best screen runners.
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I actually started working on Madagascar before my daughter was born.
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Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty.
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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.
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My own parents were touchy-feely.
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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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God was showing off when he made you.
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Maybe forced retirement isn’t necessary after all.
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I think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face.
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I’m not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.
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If you look at my eyes when I’m dancing, you’ll see that glazed look.
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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 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 don’t think the public is dying to see me necessarily be funny all the time.
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