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Ben Stiller Biography

Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller (born November 30, 1965) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director. He is the son of veteran comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara.

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I'm always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters.

Character, Comedy, Endure, Willing, Behalf

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.

Genre Is, Satirise, Serious, Thinking, War

I actually started working on Madagascar before my daughter was born.

Actually, Born, Daughter, Madagascar, My Daughter, Working

I studied Tom Cruise running in all the Mission Impossibles. I think he's one of the best screen runners.

Cruise, Running, Think, Thinking

You have to stay in character in between takes.

Character, Stay, Takes

God was showing off when he made you.

God, Keep The Faith, Made, Showing, Showing Off

People like to define you through what they've seen you do. . . There are aspects of my personality, I guess, that come through on-screen, but I don't sit around thinking, I've been a bumbling suitor all my life.

Come, Like, People, Personality, Sit, Thinking

Nobody makes me bleed my own blood. Nobody!

Bleed, Blood, Dodgeball, Nobody, Underdog

The cliches are that it's the most generic Starsky and Hutch plot you can find.

Plot, Cliche, Generic, Hutch, Starsky

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.

Book, Decides, Guys, Ideas, Preproduction, Simple

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.

Auditions, Blessing, Famous, Parent, Parents

I don't know what that weid fantasy is that makes people go, "Oh, you must have had a great childhood. "

Childhood, Fantasy, Know, People

I don't even want to think of myself as an actor because it's such an insecure place to go.

Actor, Actors, Insecure, Think, Thinking

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.

Allow, Drama, Dramas, Expectations, People

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.

Base, Country, Couple, Dad, Touch

Stiller was able to reach speeds of around 35 miles per hour, no small task for someone who had never longboarded before.

Able, Hour, Speed, Stiller, Task, Tasks

The failure of The Cable Guy impacted my career. I had to start writing and acting again.

Acting, Cable, Careers, Failure, Guy, Writing

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.

Energy, Postman, Want, Way, Wind

There's an old saying in Hollywood: It's not the length of your film, it's how you use it.

Film, Hollywood, Use

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.

May, Moody, People, Time, Wish

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