Ben Stiller

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. ”

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. ”

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! ”