Author: Ben Stiller

Quotes

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.

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

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.

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

I don't think the public is dying to see me necessarily be funny all the time.

I don't think the public is dying to see me necessarily be funny all the time.

- 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.

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

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.

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 grew up wanting to make movies, and along the way I suddenly found that I had a career doing comedy.

I grew up wanting to make movies, and along the way I suddenly found that I had a career doing comedy.

- 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.

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 enjoy the work I do in comedies. It's a valid test of your creative abilities.

I enjoy the work I do in comedies. It's a valid test of your creative abilities.

- 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.

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

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