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.
BEN STILLERWhen 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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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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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 don’t play hockey at all. I’m not comfortable on skates.
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I actually started working on Madagascar before my daughter was born.
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I don’t have a burning desire to be taken seriously as an actor. I don’t have a master plan in that way.
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The failure of The Cable Guy impacted my career. I had to start writing and acting again.
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I think you never want to have to go into the scene having to improvise; you want to make sure its working on the page. But I do like to have the ability to try stuff just in the moment, to give it some sort of spontaneity.
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If you look at my eyes when I’m dancing, you’ll see that glazed look.
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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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My own parents were touchy-feely.
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The big-name stars . . . are always going to be playing what they’ve played before if they want to remain so-called A-list stars. That’s why someone like Johnny Depp is doing more interesting roles not caring about the size of the movie.
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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 think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face.
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I’m very interested in the early American history, the time when the country came together.
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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.
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