Ben Stiller

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

There's always an element of fear that you need to work a lot until people get sick and tired of you or finally figure out that you're a fraud after all!

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.

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.