There’s a sense here in L.A. that everybody’s aware of everybody all the time. It’s funny but we choose it. People who are here want to be here, including me.
BEN STILLERThere’s an old saying in Hollywood: It’s not the length of your film, it’s how you use it.
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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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I don’t think the public is dying to see me necessarily be funny all the time.
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Maybe forced retirement isn’t necessary after all.
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I think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face.
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I’m not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.
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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 actually started working on Madagascar before my daughter was born.
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You have to stay in character in between takes.
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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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God was showing off when he made you.
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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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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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I don’t play hockey at all. I’m not comfortable on skates.
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I think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor.
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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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