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.
BEN STILLERThe failure of The Cable Guy impacted my career. I had to start writing and acting again.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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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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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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A eugoogoolizer…one who speaks at funerals…Or did you think I was too stupid to know what a eugoogooly was?
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Oh, you can milk just about anything with nipples.
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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.
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The cliches are that it’s the most generic Starsky and Hutch plot you can find.
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Very quickly after meeting Dustin, the whole image I had of him was shattered.
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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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All those rumors about her being underweight are trash. She’s [Calista Flockhart] gorgeous.
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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.
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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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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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When we were visiting New York City, I took my kids to the same playground where I went growing up. It was fun to feel that connection of having gone there as a kid and being there as a parent.
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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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I don’t know what that weid fantasy is that makes people go, “Oh, you must have had a great childhood.”
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