Ben Stiller stopped acting in 2017 and recently revealed why he stopped acting and shared whether he will get back into acting anytime soon. Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller aka Ben Stiller is an American actor, comedian, writer, film director, and producer who is popularly known for his work done in Zoolander, There’s Something About Mary, Meet The Parents which is probably his most iconic role to date, and Tropic Thunder.
Son of the famous actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara made his acting debut at the age of nine when he played a guest role in his mother’s TV series Kate McShane. Ben Stiller then began to perform with NYC’s First All Children’s Theater. He enrolled in film school at the University of California Los Angeles but left to go back to NYC after nine months to take acting classes and audition for roles. One of his leading roles came in 2006 with “Night at the Museum,” which earned over $115 million in just 10 days. As an actor, stiller’s films have grossed more than $6.4 billion at the worldwide box office.
Ben Stiller told Kevin Hart he’d ‘love to find a comedy’ to make his return to acting
The multihyphenate actor has a net worth of $218 million and mostly stayed behind the camera in recent years, working as a producer and director on projects like Showtime’s Escape at Dannemora and Apple’s hit Severance.
On an episode of Kevin Hart’s SiriusXM show Comedy Gold Minds Stiller told his fellow comedian that he would love to figure out a project that would let him act again. Stiller appreciated acting more as a director than an actor he added. Stiller has made cameo appearances in a handful of movies. He hasn’t been seen taking over a complete movie since 2017.
Stiller Opens up about why he largely stopped acting since 2017
In an interview with Yahoo Entertainment Zoolander actor said, “It’s been a few years since I acted“. It hasn’t been intentional except I really do enjoy directing and producing. The actor added, “I am getting to the point now where I am kind of missing acting a little bit and would like to figure out how to do something again.”
He further explained, “But for a long time I would direct and act in the same project over the years and I really decided recently he also said “I’ve been exploring projects and making things as a director and producer, and I’ve been very happy with that. But I really do look forward to acting again one of these days.“. And finally, there came a big hit drama produced by Stiller named Severance.
Severance a big hit drama directed by Stiller
The recent drama produced by Stiller was Severance which was released on 18 February 2022. Severance introduced us to the idea of the “severance” process, or the process of implanting a chip into one’s brain in order to surgically separate work and life memories and this is the reason people liked season 1 a lot and are eagerly waiting for season 2 which is yet to come.
No doubt Stiller is a great and remarkable actor but his directing has been his success recently therefore Stiller hasn’t made any big announcement yet of his comeback in movies fully.
Severance season 1 is streamed on: APPLE TV+
Source: YAHOO ENTERTAINMENT
