Even when I’m not directing, that doesn’t stop Owen from having ideas for what I should be doing. – 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
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
There’s an old saying in Hollywood: It’s not the length of your film, it’s how you use it. – 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
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
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
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 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
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
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 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 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
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
I grew up wanting to make movies, and along the way I suddenly found that I had a career doing comedy. – Ben Stiller
