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God was showing off when he made you.

Ben Stiller

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.
BEN STILLER

Comedian Directors Parent
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.
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Dream Kids Successful
Words can only hurt you if you try to read them. Don’t play their game!
BEN STILLER

Games Hurt Play
When I was growing up, This is Spinal Tap [1984] was the ultimate comedy, and it was the kind of thing I wanted to do. But you get to a point with parody where you can’t go much further because ultimately it’s feeding off of somebody else’s creativity.
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Creativity Grow Spinal Tap Up
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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Desire Genius Overcoming
My own parents were touchy-feely.
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Own Parent Touchy
Very quickly after meeting Dustin, the whole image I had of him was shattered.
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Comedy Meeting Shattered
Zoolander was more of my own sensibility.
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Comedy Own Sensibility
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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Bipolar Guy Thinking
Paul is Starsky, and I met him before shooting. He was very kind and encouraged us to go with what we wanted to do. It was very sweet to see them back with the car after 25 years.
BEN STILLER

Car Encourage Sweet Years
I recently watched that Lucie Arnaz-produced documentary [Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie, 1992] about her parents [Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz], and I saw so much of my own childhood there.
BEN STILLER

Childhood Home Parent
God was showing off when he made you.
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Faith Keep Made Showing
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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Kids Looks Waiting
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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Career Movie Way
I don’t need a compass to tell me which way the wind shines !
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Needs Shining Wind
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.
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Drama Expectation People

God was showing off when he made you.

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