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
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.
writing way wanted
It's what I wanted to do with my life. Not necessarily just direct Jim Carrey movies, but to direct and act and write and create and along the way discover what it is that I'm about.
careers way comedy
I grew up wanting to make movies, and along the way I suddenly found that I had a career doing comedy.
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.
laughing people make-you-laugh
It's great to work with the people who make you laugh and who are funnier than I am.
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.
mom reality ideas
I'm Jewish, but my mom's Catholic, so the guilt area is covered. I have the highest expectations, along with the lowest. I tried to put as much of myself as possible in Reality Bites, but in terms of my humor, I'm still trying to figure out what my sensibility is. It's a process, really. I don't feel like I have a very clear idea of what I'm supposed to be, or even of how people perceive me, except that I got put into this Generation X file.
book simple ideas
I had two projects that fell apart during preproduction. The first one was this movie that Judd Apatow and I had written about two guys following the Rolling Stones. It was going to be half concert film, half pseudo-documentary. It was Mick Jagger's idea.The other one was Simple Plan, based on a novel by Scott Smith. It's a great book - really stark, not a comedy - about a guy who finds $4 million in a plane crash and decides to keep it.
insecure thinking places-to-go
I don't even want to think of myself as an actor because it's such an insecure place to go.
rumor gorgeous trash
All those rumors about her being underweight are trash. She's [Calista Flockhart] gorgeous.
character endure humiliation
I'm always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters.
war thinking genre-is
When you're doing a comedy and you want to somehow satirise people who are taking themselves seriously, I think the most serious genre is the thing you're going to get the most out of. If you're trying to satirise a comedy, it's hard to do that - it doesn't really work as well. But I love the war movie genre and I'm a fan of all those movies that are part of what this movie is.
thinking people actors
I think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor.
drama expectations people
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.