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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 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.
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Creativity Grow Spinal Tap Up
I’m very interested in the early American history, the time when the country came together.
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Country History Together
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.
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Wanted Way Writing
I think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face.
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Dodgeball Faces Thinking
I’m just not a naturally cheery person. I’m naturally moody. I know that from people who spend a lot of time with me. People who spend a lot of time with me may not wish to spend a lot more time with me.
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May People Wish
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 actually started working on Madagascar before my daughter was born.
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Daughter Start Working
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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Acceptance Appreciation Grateful
I don’t think it’s ever easy to be funny. I find it easy to amuse myself with a certain sort of cynical dark humor that tends toward the meaner side, like my character in Happy Gilmore. Those kinds of characters come easily to me.
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Character Dark Thinking
Maybe forced retirement isn’t necessary after all.
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After Comedy Force Retirement
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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Beautiful Daughter Mother
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
I enjoy the work I do in comedies. It’s a valid test of your creative abilities.
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Comedy Creative Test
It’s great to work with the people who make you laugh and who are funnier than I am.
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Laugh Laughing Make People
Words can only hurt you if you try to read them. Don’t play their game!
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Games Hurt Play
I had two projects that fell apart during preproduction. The first one was this movie that Judd Apatow and I had written about two guys following the Rolling Stones. It was going to be half concert film, half pseudo-documentary.
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