Ben Stiller Quotes

You have to stay in character in between takes.

Sometimes I wondered whether I hadn't let my career get confined to one direction, but lately I've decided to accept the fact that I have this opportunity to be successful doing comedies.

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.

When we were visiting New York City, I took my kids to the same playground where I went growing up. It was fun to feel that connection of having gone there as a kid and being there as a parent.

I wanted to be funny for people who didn't care about fashion at all, to just to kind of exist as a silly character.

Maybe forced retirement isn't necessary after all.

Very quickly after meeting Dustin, the whole image I had of him was shattered.

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

There's a sense here in L.A. that everybody's aware of everybody all the time. It's funny but we choose it. People who are here want to be here, including me.

Zoolander was more of my own sensibility.

Paul is Starsky, and I met him before shooting. He was very kind and encouraged us to go with what we wanted to do. It was very sweet to see them back with the car after 25 years.

It's great to work with the people who make you laugh and who are funnier than I am.