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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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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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Maybe forced retirement isn't necessary after all.

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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.

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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.

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The cliches are that it's the most generic Starsky and Hutch plot you can find.

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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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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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Very quickly after meeting Dustin, the whole image I had of him was shattered.

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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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Zoolander was more of my own sensibility.

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There's an old saying in Hollywood: It's not the length of your film, it's how you use it.

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"31 Ben Stiller Quotes & Sayings

Ben Stiller

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

Ben Stiller

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

Ben Stiller

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.

Ben Stiller

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

Ben Stiller

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

Ben Stiller

I grew up wanting to make movies, and along the way I suddenly found that I had a career doing comedy.

Ben Stiller

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

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.

Ben Stiller

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.

Ben Stiller

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

Ben Stiller

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

Ben Stiller

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.

Ben Stiller

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

Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller

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.

Ben Stiller

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

Ben Stiller

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.

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.

Ben Stiller

Maybe forced retirement isn't necessary after all.

Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller

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

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 Stiller

The cliches are that it's the most generic Starsky and Hutch plot you can find.

Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller

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!

Ben Stiller

Very quickly after meeting Dustin, the whole image I had of him was shattered.

Ben Stiller

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.

Ben Stiller

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.

Ben Stiller

Zoolander was more of my own sensibility.

Ben Stiller

There's an old saying in Hollywood: It's not the length of your film, it's how you use it.

Ben Stiller

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