Jerry Stiller
Jerry Stiller
Gerald Isaac "Jerry" Stilleris an American comedian and actor. He is perhaps best known for playing Frank Costanza on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld and Arthur Spooner on the CBS comedy series The King of Queens. He spent many years in the comedy team Stiller and Meara with his wife, Anne Meara. They are the parents of actor Ben Stiller, with whom Stiller co-starred in the films Zoolander, Heavyweights, Hot Pursuit, The Heartbreak Kid and Zoolander 2...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth8 June 1927
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Anne hated the idea of putting me down in front of the audience.
Anne is very forgiving. She doesn't care about money, being rich, or clothes. We never argued about finances.
We are even better looking on the small screen
It can make you sad to look at pictures from your youth. So there's a trick to it. The trick is not to look at the later pictures
Would you go to see a brilliant actor who's been framed for something that he didn't do, and put him on a stage and say he's going to do Hamlet for you, and why don't you enjoy it? That's a hell of an analogy, but it's about the same thing.
I've been around the block a lot and I've had a merry trail for 55 years.
The worst thing in this business is to be thought of as a no-talent.
I loved the idea of touching base with an audience.
Being on a sitcom stops me from getting Alzheimer's
I ask myself why I do it [work]. Maybe it's to prove I'm still around. It takes a lot out of my body. I'm not an NBA player anymore. At my age, very few people can handle it.
During the Great Depression, when people laughed their worries disappeared. Audiences loved these funny men. I decided to become one.