Even when I'm not directing, that doesn't stop Owen from having ideas for what I should be doing.
Ben Stiller

Fashion is so over the top.
Ben Stiller

I don't devalue comedy as compared to drama. Not one bit.
Ben Stiller

I don't have a burning desire to be taken seriously as an actor. I don't have a master plan in that way.
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.
Ben Stiller

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

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

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

I just watched Paul Michael Glaser. He was the reason I wanted to do the movie because as a kid I was such a big fan of his. I watched all the episodes and tried to get a feeling for what he was doing.
Ben Stiller


I love New York. I was sad, depressed and incredibly moved by our fellow countrymen and what they've done. I wanted to give people a chance to see something funny, have a distraction.
Ben Stiller

I think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face.
Ben Stiller

I think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor.
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.
Ben Stiller

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

I'm not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.
Ben Stiller

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

If you look at my eyes when I'm dancing, you'll see that glazed look.
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.
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.
Ben Stiller