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
new-york growing-up fun
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.
funny fashion silly
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.
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?
stupid thinking funeral
A eugoogoolizer...one who speaks at funerals...Or did you think I was too stupid to know what a eugoogooly was?
new-york fun flirting
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.
american-comedian friend funniest number people together worked
Owen is one of the funniest people around. He's a friend of mine, and we've worked together a number of times. There's no other person like Owen.
american-comedian gets hopefully people presented public
When you come out with a film, hopefully it gets presented to the public in the right way so people aren't getting something they don't expect.
american-comedian easy finding happy life pleasantly share woman
Finding a woman to share your life is not an easy thing in the first place, and then to find yourself happy is even more pleasantly surprising.
laughing people make-you-laugh
It's great to work with the people who make you laugh and who are funnier than I am.
thinking giving trying
I think you never want to have to go into the scene having to improvise; you want to make sure its working on the page. But I do like to have the ability to try stuff just in the moment, to give it some sort of spontaneity.
hockey play comfortable
I don't play hockey at all. I'm not comfortable on skates.
thinking way alive
I love history. I'm very interested by it and I think it's great to have a movie that brings it alive in a way. It's sort of that romanticized version of it.
kids waiting looks
I'd love to travel more. I really look forward to traveling with my kids. I'm just waiting for them to want to travel with me.
thinking japan someday
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.