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 STILLERI actually started working on Madagascar before my daughter was born.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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Maybe forced retirement isn’t necessary after all.
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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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It’s great to work with the people who make you laugh and who are funnier than I am.
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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 think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face.
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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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It was Mick Jagger’s idea.The other one was Simple Plan, based on a novel by Scott Smith. It’s a great book – really stark, not a comedy – about a guy who finds $4 million in a plane crash and decides to keep it.
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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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I’m pretty sure there’s a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking. And I plan on finding out what that is.
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If you look at my eyes when I’m dancing, you’ll see that glazed look.
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Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty.
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I was a bad student. I liked archaeology actually, I was interested in maybe becoming an archaeologist but I was such a bad student and had such bad grades that I wasn’t going to get into any really good college so I fell back on acting.
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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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Nobody makes me bleed my own blood – nobody!
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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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