Ben Stiller Quotes

• I don’t devalue comedy as compared to drama. Not one bit.

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  Tags in Comedy, Drama

• I love New York. I was sad, depressed and incredibly moved by our fellow countrymen and what they’ve done. I wanted to give people a chance to see something funny, have a distraction.

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  Tags in Depressed, Incredibly

• Even when I’m not directing, that doesn’t stop Owen from having ideas for what I should be doing.

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  Tags in Directing, Stop

• I enjoy the work I do in comedies. It’s a valid test of your creative abilities.

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• Fashion is so over the top.

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• I would like to do more dramas when I find a good role that will allow me to politely upset people’s expectations of me as a comic actor.

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  Tags in Dramas, Find

• I don’t think the public is dying to see me necessarily be funny all the time.

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  Tags in Dying, Public

• 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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• I think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor.

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• I don’t have a burning desire to be taken seriously as an actor. I don’t have a master plan in that way.

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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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  Topics in Movies

• I think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face.

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• I just watched Paul Michael Glaser. He was the reason I wanted to do the movie because as a kid I was such a big fan of his. I watched all the episodes and tried to get a feeling for what he was doing.

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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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• 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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  Tags in Career, Grateful

• I’m always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters.

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• If you look at my eyes when I’m dancing, you’ll see that glazed look.

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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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  Tags in Eve, Great

• It was a mixed blessing to have famous parents. It was tough to go to auditions and be bad, since I couldn’t be anonymous.

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  Tags in Parents, Blessing

• My own parents were touchy-feely.

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  Tags in Own, Parents

Ben Stiller (33)

Birth:	30th November, 1965
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Comedian

About

After beginning his acting career with a play, Stiller wrote several mockumentaries, and was offered his own show entitled The Ben Stiller Show, which he produced and hosted for its entire run: 13 episodes. Having previously acted in television, he began acting in films. Throughout his career, he has received several awards and honors, including an Emmy Award, several MTV Movie Awards, and a Teen Choice Award.

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