I don’t have a burning desire to be taken seriously as an actor. I don’t have a master plan in that way.
BEN STILLERGod was showing off when he made you.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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I’m always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters.
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I’m not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.
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It’s weird that people expect me to be funny. I find it a real burden when I’m expected to be humorous on talk shows.
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Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty.
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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.
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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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You’re freaked out that you’re going to be having a child, and once you’re looking after your daughter, it’s the most beautiful thing in the world.
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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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I don’t need a compass to tell me which way the wind shines !
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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.
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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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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.
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All those rumors about her being underweight are trash. She’s [Calista Flockhart] gorgeous.
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I don’t think know if anything’s going to translate anywhere. You’re making a movie, you hope it’s going to be funny, you can’t think about how it’s going to go over.
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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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