Ben Stiller People Quotations

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 love New York. I was sad, depressed and incredibly moved by our fellow countrymen and what they've done. I wanted to give people a chance to see something funny, have a distraction.

I think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor.

I would like to do more dramas when I find a good role that will allow me to politely upset people's expectations of me as a comic actor.

When you come out with a film, hopefully it gets presented to the public in the right way so people aren't getting something they don't expect.

Owen is one of the funniest people around. He's a friend of mine, and we've worked together a number of times. There's no other person like Owen.

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.

First of all, the first cut of the movie was like three and a half hours and I walked away going, 'Wow, I know there's like twenty minutes that I can cut -' when I first saw it 'But I don't know after that.' The first time I put up then in front of people I was like, 'Oh, my God, I can take that out and that out and that out.'

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

There's a sense here in L.A. that everybody's aware of everybody all the time. It's funny but we choose it. People who are here want to be here, including me.

People like to define you through what they've seen you do ... There are aspects of my personality, I guess, that come through on-screen, but I don't sit around thinking, I've been a bumbling suitor all my life.

It's weird that people expect me to be funny. I find it a real burden when I'm expected to be humorous on talk shows.

It's great to work with the people who make you laugh and who are funnier than I am.

If I find a little orphan child in a war zone, how do I help him? ... Make this movie. Make people think. Change attitudes.