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 STILLERGod was showing off when he made you.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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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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Words can only hurt you if you try to read them. Don’t play their game!
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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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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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My own parents were touchy-feely.
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Very quickly after meeting Dustin, the whole image I had of him was shattered.
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Zoolander was more of my own sensibility.
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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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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.
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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.
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God was showing off when he made you.
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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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I don’t need a compass to tell me which way the wind shines !
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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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