Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller
Benjamin Edward Meara "Ben" Stilleris an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is the son of veteran comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and the late Anne Meara...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth30 November 1965
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
wind shining way
I don't need a compass to tell me which way the wind shines !
retirement
Maybe forced retirement isn't necessary after all.
sweet years car
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.
cutting people three
First of all, the first cut of the movie was like three and a half hours and I walked away going, 'Wow, I know there's like twenty minutes that I can cut -' when I first saw it 'But I don't know after that.' The first time I put up then in front of people I was like, 'Oh, my God, I can take that out and that out and that out.'
fun home balance
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?
comedy shattered meetings
Very quickly after meeting Dustin, the whole image I had of him was shattered.
years ideas fake
Well, this movie I've been working on for a while. I had the idea for the movie like twenty years ago when I was doing 'Empire of the Sun' in 1987 because at that time that's when all these Vietnam movies were being made and my friends and I were going on auditions for these Vietnam movies and my friends were getting them and going away to fake boot camps.
running thinking cruise
I studied Tom Cruise running in all the Mission Impossibles. I think he's one of the best screen runners.
tired sick people
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!
desire genius overcoming
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.
appreciation grateful acceptance
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.
kids thinking together
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.
parent comedian actors
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.
new-york giving-up people
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.