Ben Stiller

And...

Especially my mother was such a verbal person, such an incredibly sharp, smart, caustic, funny, sarcastic, and also very, very loving, too.

But she was articulate, and that was so much a part of who she was.

So to have that taken away...

was tough.

I think her true nature was incredibly sweet and loving, too.

And that did come through, and that's what I felt, you know, those last couple years when she was having to deal with that.

And she would laugh at funny stuff.

So that would actually, you know...

was something that we were able to share.

Sometimes Amy would show old SCTV skits, or I'd do a character, whatever.

She really would instantly laugh and smile.

I mean, it was really tough.

I honestly never once thought about it until you just said that.

Yeah.

Honestly.

It's interesting that I actually also started making the documentary at the beginning of when we started making Severance, too, because I've been doing Severance for the last, you know, five and a half years.

And that's the same time that I start, you know, that when my dad passed away, I started working on the doc.

And I think, yeah, that's valid, you know, that idea, because there wasn't a separation there.

And there's, you know, for creative people, you know, my parents had it almost, you know, like even more intense because it was their marriage, their relationship was also what their act was about.