Ben Stiller
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.Collection: Funny
I'm not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.Collection: Humor
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.Collection: New
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!Collection: Fear
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.Collection: Famous
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.Collection: Sad
The failure of The Cable Guy impacted my career. I had to start writing and acting again.Collection: Failure
I'm always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters.
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.
There's an old saying in Hollywood: It's not the length of your film, it's how you use it.
I think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor.
Even when I'm not directing, that doesn't stop Owen from having ideas for what I should be doing.
Fashion is so over the top.
I don't devalue comedy as compared to drama. Not one bit.
I don't have a burning desire to be taken seriously as an actor. I don't have a master plan in that way.
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.
I don't think the public is dying to see me necessarily be funny all the time.
I enjoy the work I do in comedies. It's a valid test of your creative abilities.
I grew up wanting to make movies, and along the way I suddenly found that I had a career doing comedy.
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.
I think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face.
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.
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.
If you look at my eyes when I'm dancing, you'll see that glazed look.
Maybe forced retirement isn't necessary after all.
My own parents were touchy-feely.
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.
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.
The cliches are that it's the most generic Starsky and Hutch plot you can find.
Very quickly after meeting Dustin, the whole image I had of him was shattered.
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.
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.
Zoolander was more of my own sensibility.
Words can only hurt you if you try to read them. Don't play their game!Collection: Hurt
I don't need a compass to tell me which way the wind shines !Collection: Wind
Success doesn't necessarily mean happiness.Collection: Mean
God was showing off when he made you.Collection: Keep The Faith
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.Collection: Being Real
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.Collection: Thinking
I studied Tom Cruise running in all the Mission Impossibles. I think he's one of the best screen runners.Collection: Running
Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty.Collection: Essence
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.Collection: People
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?Collection: Fun
It's hard to maintain a sense of dignity in an audition. I have done so many auditions where I've put it out there and have been met with that kind of blank stare - "Great! Thanks! OK! Great work! Thanks for coming in!" At the door I'm thinking, 'What the hell am I doing with my life?'Collection: Hell
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.Collection: College
A eugoogoolizer...one who speaks at funerals...Or did you think I was too stupid to know what a eugoogooly was?Collection: Stupid
People like to define you through what they've seen you do. There are aspects of my personality, I guess, that come through on-screen, but I don't sit around thinking, 'I've been a bumbling suitor all my life.'Collection: Thinking
It's important that we came here, just to touch base here in this great country... When I was about 16 I came with my dad for a couple of weeks and had a great time and I've wanted to come back, it's been way too long. So, I'm very happy to be here and I want to come back longer with the rest of my family.Collection: Country
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?" And I was like, "Yeah, anything. Twenty-four hours times five is 120 hours. Oh, great, I'll fill 120 hours of my life with something." So I did that and it was fun, and then I did Flirting with Disaster.Collection: New York
I'm Jewish, but my mom's Catholic, so the guilt area is covered. I have the highest expectations, along with the lowest. I tried to put as much of myself as possible in Reality Bites, but in terms of my humor, I'm still trying to figure out what my sensibility is. It's a process, really. I don't feel like I have a very clear idea of what I'm supposed to be, or even of how people perceive me, except that I got put into this Generation X file.Collection: Mom