Zoolander was more of my own sensibility.
BEN STILLERMy 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.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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I don’t think know if anything’s going to translate anywhere. You’re making a movie, you hope it’s going to be funny, you can’t think about how it’s going to go over.
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Fashion is so over the top.
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Paul is Starsky, and I met him before shooting. He was very kind and encouraged us to go with what we wanted to do. It was very sweet to see them back with the car after 25 years.
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All those rumors about her being underweight are trash. She’s [Calista Flockhart] gorgeous.
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I think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face.
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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 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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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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God was showing off when he made you.
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Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty.
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I don’t even want to think of myself as an actor because it’s such an insecure place to go.
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I know that I’m better as an actor when I’m working with a good actor. I think anytime you’re working with a better actor, it makes you a better actor.
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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.
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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 think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor.
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