![I was very combative as a creative person at that time [while The Ben Stiller Show]. I didn't understand how to play politics with the studios. I didn't know how to creatively collaborate with the people who were paying the bills, and that came up all the time on every project I was doing, and it took me a really long time to figure out how to collaborate in a healthy way.](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-was-very-combative-as-a-creative-person-at-that-time-while-the-ben-stiller-sho.jpg)
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