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,' Stiller said about this period of his career. I was just like, I dont know, Im here, I love doing what I do. But its only in retrospect that I can go, Wow, ther
y it and I wanted to be making short films. So in the moment, there were reasons, and I had this opportunity to do this MTV show [The Ben Stiller Show]. It had been my dream to be on Saturday Night Live, but looking back on it, I dont remember exactly how I had the gumption, but for whatever re