Ben Stiller

I mean, it's funny.

He was a very lovable guy.

And I think people just loved seeing him and seeing him let out all this emotion and kind of this tamped up rage that he had inside in a very funny way.

And the fame that it brought him because Seinfeld was such a phenomenon.

Yeah.

It was like nothing he had ever experienced before, and it was fulfilling for him, I think, a childhood dream of being someone who could be funny on his own.

I think he knew that he needed my mom in the act, and that was how they had

found success.

But I think inside he always, and he said it, he says that in the documentary, I always wanted to do a single.

So this was his opportunity to do that.

For me, I was kind of just starting to experience success on my own.

So I was happy that my dad was working and that he was in this show that was such a phenomenon.

You know, there was never competition between us.

Not that you're asking me about this, but it was just an interesting time because I've been asked before, like, was my dad ever – did he ever feel competitive with me when I started to have my career?

And I never, ever felt that from him.

But I think for me, as I was starting out, I was like seeing my dad have this success.

I was like, oh, wow, my dad's – you know, he's doing his thing too.

And so, you know, my mom was the one who sort of was, I think, having to deal with not having –

that kind of success at that point.

But for her, I don't think it was as important a thing and as relevant to her own personal happiness, though I think she would have liked to have worked more as an actor.