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
Ben Stiller quotes about
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.
thinking world kind
I think this whole celebrity world is weird anyway. Weird and funny and kind of pathetic and yet so right for parody.
daughter my-daughter madagascar
I actually started working on Madagascar before my daughter was born.
careers way comedy
I grew up wanting to make movies, and along the way I suddenly found that I had a career doing comedy.
character dark thinking
I don't think it's ever easy to be funny. I find it easy to amuse myself with a certain sort of cynical dark humor that tends toward the meaner side, like my character in Happy Gilmore. Those kinds of characters come easily to me.
use hollywood film
There's an old saying in Hollywood: It's not the length of your film, it's how you use it.
character
You have to stay in character in between takes.
people wish may
I'm just not a naturally cheery person. I'm naturally moody. I know that from people who spend a lot of time with me. People who spend a lot of time with me may not wish to spend a lot more time with me.
country couple dad
It's important that we came here, just to touch base here in this great country... When I was about 16 I came with my dad for a couple of weeks and had a great time and I've wanted to come back, it's been way too long. So, I'm very happy to be here and I want to come back longer with the rest of my family.
wind want way
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.
fashion over-the-top
Fashion is so over the top.
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 changes child extremely great incredible lucky positive wife
Having a child changes everything in a most positive way, and I am extremely lucky to have a great wife who is also an incredible mom.
able tasks speed
Stiller was able to reach speeds of around 35 miles per hour, no small task for someone who had never longboarded before.