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I wanted to be funny for people who didn’t care about fashion at all, to just to kind of exist as a silly character.

Ben Stiller

I’m very interested in the early American history, the time when the country came together.
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Country History Together
My parents used to throw great New Year’s Eve parties. They invited such an eclectic mix of showbiz people. All those cool people were always hanging out at our apartment.
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New Year Party Years
I enjoy the work I do in comedies. It’s a valid test of your creative abilities.
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Comedy Creative Test
I studied Tom Cruise running in all the Mission Impossibles. I think he’s one of the best screen runners.
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Cruise Running Thinking
I was staying on [writer/director/actor] Eric Schaeffer’s couch in New York, and he said, “I’ve got this movie [If Lucy Fell]. Can you do five days on it?”
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Country Flirting Fun
I’m not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.
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Country Expert Humor Sense
You have to stay in character in between takes.
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Character Stay Take
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
I think this whole celebrity world is weird anyway. Weird and funny and kind of pathetic and yet so right for parody.
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Kind Thinking World
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
I think the most serious genre is the thing you’re going to get the most out of. If you’re trying to satirise a comedy, it’s hard to do that – it doesn’t really work as well. But I love the war movie genre and I’m a fan of all those movies that are part of what this movie is.
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Comedy Genre Movie Satrise Serious Well
God was showing off when he made you.
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Faith Keep Made Showing
I think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor.
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Actors People Thinking
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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Book Find Guy Idea Jagger Million Simple
The cliches are that it’s the most generic Starsky and Hutch plot you can find.
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Cliche Generic Plot
When you have kids you want to be able to go to movies and take the family too, and actually all enjoy it together. I don’t think there are that many great, live action family movies that everybody can enjoy.
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Kids Thinking Together

I wanted to be funny for people who didn’t care about fashion at all, to just to kind of exist as a silly character.

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