Zoolander was more of my own sensibility.
BEN STILLERJim Carrey, a comic genius, has a harder time overcoming the public’s desire for him to be funny simply because he’s so good at it.
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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 studied Tom Cruise running in all the Mission Impossibles. I think he’s one of the best screen runners.
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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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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 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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The failure of The Cable Guy impacted my career. I had to start writing and acting again.
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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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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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I enjoy the work I do in comedies. It’s a valid test of your creative abilities.
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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.
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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 was a bad student. I liked archaeology actually, I was interested in maybe becoming an archaeologist but I was such a bad student and had such bad grades that I wasn’t going to get into any really good college so I fell back on acting.
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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 don’t even want to think of myself as an actor because it’s such an insecure place to go.
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