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

#auditions #bad #blessing #famous #go

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

#carrey #comic #desire #funny #genius

Maybe forced retirement isn't necessary after all. ↗

— Ben Stiller

#forced #maybe #necessary #retirement

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. ↗

— Ben Stiller

#back #before #car #encouraged #go

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. ↗

— Ben Stiller

#career #comedies #confined #decided #direction

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

— Ben Stiller

#find #generic #hutch #most #plot

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

— Ben Stiller

#again #cable #career #failure #guy

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

— Ben Stiller

#hollywood #how #length #old #saying

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

— Ben Stiller

#dustin #had #him #i #image

Whatever talent I had, I'm sure it helped that my parents were in the business and that I grew up around actors, comedians and directors. ↗

— Ben Stiller

#business #comedians #directors #grew #had