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.
BEN STILLERI’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.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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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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Whatever talent I had, I’m sure it helped that my parents were in the business and that I grew up around actors, comedians and directors.
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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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All those rumors about her being underweight are trash. She’s [Calista Flockhart] gorgeous.
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Jim 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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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 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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I’m just not a naturally cheery person. I’m naturally moody. I know that from people who spend a lot of time with me. People who spend a lot of time with me may not wish to spend a lot more time with me.
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Fashion is so over the top.
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I grew up wanting to make movies, and along the way I suddenly found that I had a career doing comedy.
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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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Very quickly after meeting Dustin, the whole image I had of him was shattered.
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I think you never want to have to go into the scene having to improvise; you want to make sure its working on the page. But I do like to have the ability to try stuff just in the moment, to give it some sort of spontaneity.
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Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty.
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God was showing off when he made you.
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