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I don’t think the public is dying to see me necessarily be funny all the time.

Ben Stiller

It’s what I wanted to do with my life. Not necessarily just direct Jim Carrey movies, but to direct and act and write and create and along the way discover what it is that I’m about.
BEN STILLER

Wanted Way Writing
I don’t need a compass to tell me which way the wind shines !
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Needs Shining Wind
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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Humorous People Real
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.
BEN STILLER

Book Find Guy Idea Jagger Million Simple
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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Actors Insecure Thinking
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
I’m very interested in the early American history, the time when the country came together.
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Country History Together
Oh, you can milk just about anything with nipples.
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Anything Milk Nipples
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 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.
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Energy Want Wind
Words can only hurt you if you try to read them. Don’t play their game!
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Games Hurt Play
When I didn’t have a family, I was much more of a workaholic. I still like to work, but I also want to be home with them. As you get older, you realize you need balance. If it’s not fun, what’s the point?
BEN STILLER

Balance Fun Home
If you look at my eyes when I’m dancing, you’ll see that glazed look.
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Dancing Eye Looks
Very quickly after meeting Dustin, the whole image I had of him was shattered.
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Comedy Meeting Shattered
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 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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Comedy Thinking Translate

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