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.
BEN STILLERIf you look at my eyes when I’m dancing, you’ll see that glazed look.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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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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The cliches are that it’s the most generic Starsky and Hutch plot you can find.
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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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I’m very interested in the early American history, the time when the country came together.
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You have to stay in character in between takes.
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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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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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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 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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Words can only hurt you if you try to read them. Don’t play their game!
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The failure of The Cable Guy impacted my career. I had to start writing and acting again.
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I think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor.
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When I didn’t have a family, I was much more of a workaholic. I still like to work, but I also want to be home with them. As you get older, you realize you need balance. If it’s not fun, what’s the point?
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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’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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