Ben Stiller Quotes

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Ben Stiller

Profession : Comedian

Birth : November 30, 1965

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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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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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'm not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.

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

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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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There's always an element of fear that you need to work a lot until people get sick and tired of you or finally figure out that you're a fraud after all!

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Fashion is so over the top.

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

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

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

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

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

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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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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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