I enjoy the work I do in comedies. It's a valid test of your creative abilities. — Ben Stiller Copy Share Image
I don't think the public is dying to see me necessarily be funny all the time. — Ben Stiller Copy Share Image
For me, laughter is such a huge part of a relationship. My wife has a great sense of humor. What I like… — Ben Stiller Copy Share Image
I grew up wanting to make movies, and along the way I suddenly found that I had a career doing comedy. — Ben Stiller Copy Share Image
I wanted to be funny for people who didn't care about fashion at all, to just to kind of exist as a… — Ben Stiller Copy Share Image
It's weird that people expect me to be funny. I find it a real burden when I'm expected to be humorous on… — Ben Stiller Copy Share Image
I don't think it's ever easy to be funny. I find it easy to amuse myself with a certain sort of cynical… — Ben Stiller Copy Share Image
When you're doing a comedy and you want to somehow satirise people who are taking themselves seriously, I think the most serious… — Ben Stiller Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, This is Spinal Tap [1984] was the ultimate comedy, and it was the kind of thing I… — Ben Stiller Copy Share Image
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… — Ben Stiller Copy Share
I studied Tom Cruise running in all the Mission Impossibles. I think he's one of the best screen runners. — Ben Stiller Copy Share
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… — Ben Stiller Copy Share
I just watched Paul Michael Glaser. He was the reason I wanted to do the movie because as a kid I was such a… — Ben Stiller Copy Share
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… — Ben Stiller Copy Share
I'm Jewish, but my mom's Catholic, so the guilt area is covered. I have the highest expectations, along with the lowest. I tried to… — Ben Stiller Copy Share
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 Copy Share
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.… — Ben Stiller Copy Share
![“When I was growing up, This is Spinal Tap [1984] was the ultimate comedy, and it was the kind of thing I wanted to do. But you get to a point with parody where you can't go much further because ultimately it's feeding off of somebody else's creativity.” quote by Ben Stiller](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/3dd/ben-stiller-7406_comedy_when-i-was-growing-up-this-is-spinal-tap_963268.jpg)
