Ben Stiller

Like, I think it's, I think it's really hard to, it's really hard to make a comedy, you know, in a way, like when I'm as a, you know, when you're directing, uh, I kind of like the freedom also of not having to direct a comedy where you can, any comedy that comes into something that's a dramatic, uh,

Like, I think it's, I think it's really hard to, it's really hard to make a comedy, you know, in a way, like when I'm as a, you know, when you're directing, uh, I kind of like the freedom also of not having to direct a comedy where you can, any comedy that comes into something that's a dramatic, uh,

is usually welcome if the tone is clear, but it's sort of like a bonus, you know, and not an expectation.

is usually welcome if the tone is clear, but it's sort of like a bonus, you know, and not an expectation.

And if I'm really being honest, like that's part of it too.

And if I'm really being honest, like that's part of it too.

I think it's just, it's just the freedom, you know, the freedom to like not worry about how something was going to get interpreted. And I do think it was sort of in a weird way was a more, it was a freer time because there was less analysis given to even to the people who were making the comedy.

I think it's just, it's just the freedom, you know, the freedom to like not worry about how something was going to get interpreted. And I do think it was sort of in a weird way was a more, it was a freer time because there was less analysis given to even to the people who were making the comedy.

I think it was just like kind of a, I don't want to say a more innocent time 20 years ago because it wasn't that innocent, but

I think it was just like kind of a, I don't want to say a more innocent time 20 years ago because it wasn't that innocent, but

But weirdly, kind of, it was, you know?

But weirdly, kind of, it was, you know?

Well, I can only speak from my own experience, which is I definitely am aware of that. But again, I also never really thought about it that way back in the 2000s, too.

Well, I can only speak from my own experience, which is I definitely am aware of that. But again, I also never really thought about it that way back in the 2000s, too.

I don't think I was ever... I think I'm the same person I was on that regard, in terms of... I wasn't the guy who was going to go out there and say whatever. I think I always had that self-awareness that probably just was...

I don't think I was ever... I think I'm the same person I was on that regard, in terms of... I wasn't the guy who was going to go out there and say whatever. I think I always had that self-awareness that probably just was...

I mean, he, cause you know, he, he just basically, you know, like created it all on his own.

I mean, he, cause you know, he, he just basically, you know, like created it all on his own.

And I think he had a persona that he, you know, developed. And I think, I guess, you know, you could say Woody Allen did it too, but for me, there was just something about the tone of his humor that is so unique.

And I think he had a persona that he, you know, developed. And I think, I guess, you know, you could say Woody Allen did it too, but for me, there was just something about the tone of his humor that is so unique.