Paul is Starsky, and I met him before shooting. He was very kind and encouraged us to go with what we wanted to do. It was very sweet to see them back with the car after 25 years.

- Ben Stiller

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

- Ben Stiller

Jim Carrey, a comic genius, has a harder time overcoming the public's desire for him to be funny simply because he's so good at it.

- Ben Stiller

Maybe forced retirement isn't necessary after all.

- Ben Stiller

The cliches are that it's the most generic Starsky and Hutch plot you can find.

- Ben Stiller

The failure of The Cable Guy impacted my career. I had to start writing and acting again.

- Ben Stiller

There's an old saying in Hollywood: It's not the length of your film, it's how you use it.

- 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.

- Ben Stiller

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.

- Ben Stiller

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

- Ben Stiller

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

- Ben Stiller

Even when I'm not directing, that doesn't stop Owen from having ideas for what I should be doing.

- Ben Stiller

Fashion is so over the top.

- Ben Stiller

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.

- Ben Stiller

If you look at my eyes when I'm dancing, you'll see that glazed look.

- Ben Stiller

My own parents were touchy-feely.

- Ben Stiller

I just watched Paul Michael Glaser. He was the reason I wanted to do the movie because as a kid I was such a big fan of his. I watched all the episodes and tried to get a feeling for what he was doing.

- Ben Stiller

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!

- Ben Stiller

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

- Ben Stiller

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.

- Ben Stiller