Quote

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.

Ben Stiller

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Ben Stiller
Age: 58
Born: 1965
Born: November 30
Actor
Character Actor
Comedian
Director
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Manufacturer
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Trekkie
New York City
New York
Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller
Simply
Public
Funny
Desire
Comic
Good
Overcoming
Time
Harder
Genius
Comedy

More quotes by Ben Stiller

Image
I've been to Japan but I've never been to China, I'd love to go to China. I don't know, I like to go to places that are remote. So, I think I'd like to do that more. And just sort of also explore not having a structured work life someday, to have more free time to sort of see what happens.
Ben Stiller
Image
Stiller was able to reach speeds of around 35 miles per hour, no small task for someone who had never longboarded before.
Ben Stiller
Image
When you have kids you want to be able to go to movies and take the family too, and actually all enjoy it together. I don't think there are that many great, live action family movies that everybody can enjoy.
Ben Stiller
Image
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?'
Ben Stiller
Image
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.
Ben Stiller
Image
It's what I wanted to do with my life. Not necessarily just direct Jim Carrey movies, but to direct and act and write and create and along the way discover what it is that I'm about.
Ben Stiller
Image
A eugoogoolizer...one who speaks at funerals...Or did you think I was too stupid to know what a eugoogooly was?
Ben Stiller
Image
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?
Ben Stiller
Image
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.
Ben Stiller
Image
I wanted to be funny for people who didn't care about fashion at all, to just to kind of exist as a silly character.
Ben Stiller
Image
There's a sense here in L.A. that everybody's aware of everybody all the time. It's funny but we choose it. People who are here want to be here, including me.
Ben Stiller
Image
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.
Ben Stiller
Image
Fashion is so over the top.
Ben Stiller
Image
Nobody makes me bleed my own blood - nobody!
Ben Stiller
Image
Words can only hurt you if you try to read them. Don't play their game!
Ben Stiller
Image
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.
Ben Stiller
Image
When we were visiting New York City, I took my kids to the same playground where I went growing up. It was fun to feel that connection of having gone there as a kid and being there as a parent.
Ben Stiller
Image
My own parents were touchy-feely.
Ben Stiller
Image
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.
Ben Stiller
Image
The cliches are that it's the most generic Starsky and Hutch plot you can find.
Ben Stiller