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Ben Stiller Recalls Seeing Open Letter Urging Hollywood to “Stop Putting” Him in Comedies
“I remember opening up the L.A. Times, and there was this writer who wrote a letter: ‘Dear God, stop putting Ben Stiller in comedies,'” he recounted. “I was just like, I don’t know, I’m here, I love doing what I do.”
Ben Stiller Once Saw an Article Urging Hollywood to ‘Stop Putting Ben Stiller in Comedies,' Left ‘SNL' After Four Episodes Because ‘I Got Too Nervous'
Ben Stiller was the latest guest on The New York Times’ “The Interview” podcast and admitted that he still doesn’t understand why he became such a popular comedy movie star in the late 1990s and 2000s.
Ben Stiller Explains Why He Left ‘SNL’ After Four Episodes
Ben Stiller has opened up about why he infamously left Saturday Night Live in 1989 after only appearing on four episodes of the iconic sketch comedy show. In an interview with The New York Times, Stiller said that while he “discovered comedy” through SNL,
Ben Stiller Recalls a Plea to Stop Casting Him in Comedies: ‘I Don't Know What the Zeitgeist Was'
The "Severance" director reflected on the specific "tone" of 2000s comedies that couldn't be recreated in modern day.
'Dear God, Stop Putting Ben Stiller In Comedies.' The Harrowing Note That Ben Stiller Saw At The Height Of His Meet The Parents Fame
W hen it comes to Ben Stiller and film, a lot comes to mind. The best Ben Stiller movies are an example of his range, but it's his comedy movies that stick out. Whether you love t
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Ben Stiller Doubts ‘Tropic Thunder' Could Get Made Today: Robert Downey Jr. in Blackface Is ‘Incredibly Dicey' and ‘Edgier Comedy Is Harder to Do' Now
Ben Stiller is doubtful that ... to play a Black soldier in the Vietnam movie. Stiller was lampooning the insane lengths actors go to in order to win awards, but it's too "dicey" to do again ...
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Ben Stiller's holiday film stars 4 Ohio brothers. How they went from farm life to Disney+
The film stars actor and comedian Ben Stiller as the work-obsessed Mike ... and twins Atlas and Arlo Janson, 8. The movie was filmed in Ohio and portions of Greater Cincinnati earlier this ...
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Ben Stiller Says “Meet the Fockers” Team Had to Prove Focker Was a Real Last Name in Order to Avoid R Rating
Ben Stiller had to jump through ... driver's license with this surname'?" According to Stiller, whose character is named Gaylord "Greg" Focker in the films, there was an entire legal process ...
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Ben Stiller on Why He Doubts ‘Tropic Thunder' Could Get Made Today: "Edgier Comedy Is Just Harder to Do"
Ben Stiller has admitted that ... It's a very inside movie when you think about it." Tropic Thunder, starring and directed by Stiller, also starred Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, Jay Baruchel ...
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Jenna Bush Hager Reveals to Ben Stiller That Laura Bush's Favorite Movie is 'Zoolander': 'We Had a Screening at the White House'
Former first lady Laura Bush's favorite movie is "Zoolander," according to her daughter. Jenna Bush Hager spoke to actor and filmmaker Ben Stiller on "Today with Jenna & Friends" on Wednesday and ...
Ben Stiller reflects on separation from his wife Christine Taylor before repairing their marriage
Ben Stiller and his wife, actress Christine Taylor, are known to be one of Hollywood’s longest and happiest marriages, but ...