The big-name stars . . . are always going to be playing what they've played before if they want to remain so-called A-list stars. That's why someone like Johnny Depp is doing more interesting roles not caring about the size of the movie. Ben Stiller More Quotes by Ben Stiller More Quotes From Ben Stiller I think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor. Ben Stiller actors people thinking My own parents were touchy-feely. Ben Stiller touchy my-own parent Oh, you can milk just about anything with nipples. Ben Stiller milk nipples I'm always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters. Ben Stiller endure comedy character I have not been an easygoing guy. I think it's called bipolar manic depression. I've got a rich history of that in my family. Ben Stiller bipolar guy thinking 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 one-direction successful opportunity It's hard to maintain a sense of dignity in an audition. I have done so many auditions where I've put it out there and have been met with that kind of blank stare - "Great! Thanks! OK! Great work! Thanks for coming in!" At the door I'm thinking, 'What the hell am I doing with my life?' Ben Stiller hell It's great to work with the people who make you laugh and who are funnier than I am. Ben Stiller make-you-laugh laughing people Zoolander was more of my own sensibility. Ben Stiller sensibility my-own comedy The cliches are that it's the most generic Starsky and Hutch plot you can find. Ben Stiller generic cliche plot You're freaked out that you're going to be having a child, and once you're looking after your daughter, it's the most beautiful thing in the world. Ben Stiller daughter mother beautiful I don't need a compass to tell me which way the wind shines ! Ben Stiller shining wind needs It's what I wanted to do with my life. Not necessarily just direct Jim Carrey movies, but to direct and act and write and create and along the way discover what it is that I'm about. Ben Stiller wanted writing way I recently watched that Lucie Arnaz-produced documentary [Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie, 1992] about her parents [Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz], and I saw so much of my own childhood there. Ben Stiller childhood parent home I don't even want to think of myself as an actor because it's such an insecure place to go. Ben Stiller insecure actors thinking 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. Ben Stiller simple book ideas You have to stay in character in between takes. Ben Stiller character I don't play hockey at all. I'm not comfortable on skates. Ben Stiller skates hockey play I think you never want to have to go into the scene having to improvise; you want to make sure its working on the page. But I do like to have the ability to try stuff just in the moment, to give it some sort of spontaneity. Ben Stiller trying giving thinking I actually started working on Madagascar before my daughter was born. Ben Stiller my-daughter madagascar daughter
