Ben Stiller

And I feel that with my kids. I see that pressure on them when I see their friends and what they post and their image of what they put out to the world. And it's a responsibility. And if you don't do that, you're not part of what's going on. So I feel like there's almost a pressure to have to do that.

And I feel that with my kids. I see that pressure on them when I see their friends and what they post and their image of what they put out to the world. And it's a responsibility. And if you don't do that, you're not part of what's going on. So I feel like there's almost a pressure to have to do that.

Well, I thought the story was kind of, you know, it's this prototypical story of a guy who comes from nothing to do whatever it takes to get to the top. And I think Bud Schulberg always saw it as kind of a metaphor for anybody who wants to get to the top of that mindset of it doesn't matter, you just do whatever it takes. That's why I think the novel resonates.

Well, I thought the story was kind of, you know, it's this prototypical story of a guy who comes from nothing to do whatever it takes to get to the top. And I think Bud Schulberg always saw it as kind of a metaphor for anybody who wants to get to the top of that mindset of it doesn't matter, you just do whatever it takes. That's why I think the novel resonates.

I think there's always been a resistance to it, and I can understand why. For a long time, I was very frustrated because I felt like, well, this story should be made. But, you know, the flip side of it is that it can be looked at as you're shining a spotlight on a Jewish character who is this self-hating Jew who is willing to do whatever. And, you know...

I think there's always been a resistance to it, and I can understand why. For a long time, I was very frustrated because I felt like, well, this story should be made. But, you know, the flip side of it is that it can be looked at as you're shining a spotlight on a Jewish character who is this self-hating Jew who is willing to do whatever. And, you know...

I mean, partly, I think so. I think it's always been hard to make show business stories, you know, in Hollywood because people in the business feel like the outside world isn't interested in the inside baseball of it, though I've always been attracted to those kinds of stories. And I do, you know, it's funny, I think about it now and I would love to see that story made.

I mean, partly, I think so. I think it's always been hard to make show business stories, you know, in Hollywood because people in the business feel like the outside world isn't interested in the inside baseball of it, though I've always been attracted to those kinds of stories. And I do, you know, it's funny, I think about it now and I would love to see that story made.

What I worry about is how people would interpret it On the outside, you know, and that's as a Jewish person.

What I worry about is how people would interpret it On the outside, you know, and that's as a Jewish person.

I think just being a Jewish person feels different. And I think it's an environment that growing up, I grew up in an incredibly sheltered Upper West Side environment. I never experienced anti-Semitism. I heard about it, but I was, you know, never around it. So the reality of that is

I think just being a Jewish person feels different. And I think it's an environment that growing up, I grew up in an incredibly sheltered Upper West Side environment. I never experienced anti-Semitism. I heard about it, but I was, you know, never around it. So the reality of that is

to start feeling that now where other people have felt it their whole lives in other parts of the world and, you know, in other parts of our country.

to start feeling that now where other people have felt it their whole lives in other parts of the world and, you know, in other parts of our country.

And to see the spike and the rise in anti-Semitic violence is, you know, something that I never thought I'd experience in my lifetime and feeling what my kids are feeling too and how incredibly politicized it all is and how complicated it is because, you know,

And to see the spike and the rise in anti-Semitic violence is, you know, something that I never thought I'd experience in my lifetime and feeling what my kids are feeling too and how incredibly politicized it all is and how complicated it is because, you know,

With the social media universe and all of it, it's almost impossible to really talk about it in a really level-headed sort of way where you can hear other people's ideas because people are just kind of like shouting at each other on social media. But the reality of it is really frightening. Yeah.

With the social media universe and all of it, it's almost impossible to really talk about it in a really level-headed sort of way where you can hear other people's ideas because people are just kind of like shouting at each other on social media. But the reality of it is really frightening. Yeah.

I don't know. I mean, I think it's also a choice of as a creative person where you want to put your energy, you know, in terms of the business. I think there have always been those misconceptions of like, you know, of what of how, you know, Jews are involved in Hollywood. And that's always been a thing.

I don't know. I mean, I think it's also a choice of as a creative person where you want to put your energy, you know, in terms of the business. I think there have always been those misconceptions of like, you know, of what of how, you know, Jews are involved in Hollywood. And that's always been a thing.