Happy Birthday Ben Stiller!

My parents used to throw great New Year's Eve parties. They invited such an eclectic mix of showbiz people. All those cool people were always hanging out at our apartment.

Mit der Karriere ist es wie beim Sex: Es zählt nicht die Länge, sondern wie man sein Talent einsetzt!

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 don't have a burning desire to be taken seriously as an actor. I don't have a master plan in that way.

It was a mixed blessing to have famous parents. It was tough to go to auditions and be bad, since I couldn't be anonymous.

I'm always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters.

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.

I think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Maybe forced retirement isn't necessary after all.

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

Very quickly after meeting Dustin, the whole image I had of him was shattered.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

My own parents were touchy-feely.

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

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.