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.
BEN STILLERThere’s an old saying in Hollywood: It’s not the length of your film, it’s how you use it.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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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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God was showing off when he made you.
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Zoolander was more of my own sensibility.
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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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I think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor.
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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 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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Nobody makes me bleed my own blood – nobody!
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Fashion is so over the top.
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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’m not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.
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I recently watched that Lucie Arnaz-produced documentary [Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie, 1992] about her parents [Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz], and I saw so much of my own childhood there.
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Sometimes I wondered whether I hadn’t let my career get confined to one direction, but lately I’ve decided to accept the fact that I have this opportunity to be successful doing comedies.
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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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I enjoy the work I do in comedies. It’s a valid test of your creative abilities.
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