I studied Tom Cruise running in all the Mission Impossibles. I think he’s one of the best screen runners.
BEN STILLERI don’t know what that weid fantasy is that makes people go, “Oh, you must have had a great childhood.”
More Ben Stiller Quotes
-
-
My parents used to throw great New Year’s Eve parties. They invited such an eclectic mix of showbiz people. All those cool people were always hanging out at our apartment.
BEN STILLER -
Maybe forced retirement isn’t necessary after all.
BEN 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 STILLER -
I grew up wanting to make movies, and along the way I suddenly found that I had a career doing comedy.
BEN STILLER -
Nobody makes me bleed my own blood – nobody!
BEN STILLER -
Zoolander was more of my own sensibility.
BEN STILLER -
I don’t know what that weid fantasy is that makes people go, “Oh, you must have had a great childhood.”
BEN STILLER -
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.
BEN STILLER -
I think this whole celebrity world is weird anyway. Weird and funny and kind of pathetic and yet so right for parody.
BEN STILLER -
Oh, you can milk just about anything with nipples.
BEN STILLER -
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.
BEN STILLER -
I’ve had a very good career and I’m grateful that the public has had some level of acceptance and appreciation of my work.
BEN 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 STILLER -
I enjoy the work I do in comedies. It’s a valid test of your creative abilities.
BEN STILLER -
All those rumors about her being underweight are trash. She’s [Calista Flockhart] gorgeous.
BEN STILLER -
A eugoogoolizer…one who speaks at funerals…Or did you think I was too stupid to know what a eugoogooly was?
BEN STILLER -
I don’t devalue comedy as compared to drama. Not one bit.
BEN STILLER -
If you look at my eyes when I’m dancing, you’ll see that glazed look.
BEN STILLER -
I have a lot of nervous energy. Work is my best way of channelling that into something productive unless I want to wind up assaulting the postman or gardener.
BEN STILLER -
It was a mixed blessing to have famous parents. It was tough to go to auditions and be bad, since I couldn’t be anonymous.
BEN STILLER -
It’s great to work with the people who make you laugh and who are funnier than I am.
BEN STILLER -
Fashion is so over the top.
BEN STILLER -
I’m always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters.
BEN STILLER -
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.
BEN STILLER -
I actually started working on Madagascar before my daughter was born.
BEN STILLER -
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.
BEN STILLER