I've been to Japan but I've never been to China, I'd love to go to China. I don't know, I like to go to places that are remote. So, I think I'd like to do that more. And just sort of also explore not having a structured work life someday, to have more free time to sort of see what happens.

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Fashion is so over the top.

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over-the-top comedy fashion

Words can only hurt you if you try to read them. Don't play their game!

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hurt games play

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.

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energy want wind

Success doesn't necessarily mean happiness.

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mean

I know that I'm better as an actor when I'm working with a good actor. I think anytime you're working with a better actor, it makes you a better actor.

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actors knows thinking

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.

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wish may people

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

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dodgeball faces thinking

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.

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grateful acceptance appreciation

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

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hollywood film use

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

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movie careers way

I was staying on [writer/director/actor] Eric Schaeffer's couch in New York, and he said, "I've got this movie [If Lucy Fell]. Can you do five days on it?" And I was like, "Yeah, anything. Twenty-four hours times five is 120 hours. Oh, great, I'll fill 120 hours of my life with something." So I did that and it was fun, and then I did Flirting with Disaster.

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flirting new-york fun

I was a bad student. I liked archaeology actually, I was interested in maybe becoming an archaeologist but I was such a bad student and had such bad grades that I wasn't going to get into any really good college so I fell back on acting.

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becoming acting college

God was showing off when he made you.

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showing-off keep-the-faith made

A eugoogoolizer...one who speaks at funerals...Or did you think I was too stupid to know what a eugoogooly was?

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funeral stupid thinking

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.

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dad couple country

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

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sense-of-humor humor experts

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

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fantasy childhood people

When I didn't have a family, I was much more of a workaholic. I still like to work, but I also want to be home with them. As you get older, you realize you need balance. If it's not fun, what's the point?

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balance home fun

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

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dancing eye looks

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

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speed able tasks