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make your own way. >> this is one comedian who has a serious side, too. what's going on with your country? >> i feel like we've inherited a badization over the last eight years and obama in in a very tough position. >> now he plays a modern day robinhood that seems more made up. >> it's a different kind of story. >> i'm in. >> co-star matthew broderick. and two of the most powerful men in hollywood. this is piers morgan tonight." >> ben stiller on the screen is absolutely hilarious. is he hilarious off the screen? no pressure. be funny. you hate doing these things, don't you? >> no, i don't hate -- they're

fine, they're fine. i like you. >> how do you know? we don't even know each other. >> i like the idea of you, what i see of you on television. maybe it's not really you. who are you really? >> who do you think i am? >> piers, when did it begin, the need to delve deep into people's souls? >> i like doing that. >> you do. >> you like doing that. that's why i'm interested in talking to you. i have a theory that everyone who is funny has massive ego born from chronic insecurity. you said whatever psychological reasons we want and need approval from everyone in the universe though we feel absolutely unworthy of it. this is my thesis on comedians. >> i was drunk when i said that. everybody is different, everybody has different motivations for doing what they do and why they do it.

sometimes it's a combination of different things. i don't think you even know inside all of it necessarily. >> do you like the pressure of having to be funny? >> no, not at all. >> when you walk down the street, i can't even imagine what it's like. >> i don't consider myself that funny. you made a joke in the beginning but i'm not really -- like i don't consider myself a funny guy in regular situations. >> i'm told you like one of the hardest working guys when it comes to comedy, that you take the craft of comedy very seriously. >> well, i do. i enjoy what i do and i like that process and i take it as seriously as it should be taken, i guess, depending on the situation. sometimes you don't want to think about something too much. you know, we're doing a movie right now that some of the scenes doesn't want to be analyzed too much. so try to just go in, be in the moment, be reacting to what you should be reacting to in the situation but not get too deep.

other things you have to get more into it. >> do you know which of your 30 movies has grossed the most? >> not "envy," i know that. i can tell you the ones that grossed -- >> tell me the ones it's least like to be. what have been your three worst movies? >> oh, gosh, there's more than throw. >> what's beens biggest turkey? >> in terms of money, that movie "envy." "duplex" withdrew barrymore. >> do you know which one is the biggest grocer? >> "the night at the museum" maybe? >> "meet the fockers." $218 million. let's see the clip and see why. >> what did you do? >> nothing. i think he pooped.

>> that's the sign for milk. >> what's the sign for sour milk? >> that's bass itecause it's fr debbie's left breast. >> that's your biggest box office moment and -- >> what does that tell you about our culture? >> what does that tell you about anything? >> i don't know. i love those movies, i've had a great experience doing all those movies because i got to work with de niro and that was all a dream for me. the first one of those is my favorite. >> really? what was it like working with de niro? >> at first it was pretty intimidating because i'm such a fan of his and his movie growing up in my generation are so iconic. and that was good for the relationship in the movie as we started shooting. and over the years, 10, 11 years since we've been doing the movies sh i just like him as a

person. >> he has this completely dead pan interview technique. i want to interview to see if i can actually crack the ice matt. he hates all that stuff. >> he's a very shy person. when you get to know him and he opens up, he's a really warm guy. i love him. >> you grew up in a show biz family. advantage or disadvantage? >> well, it depends on what you're talking about. i think it's an advantage if you go into show business because you have a sense of what you're going into and you know the world and you're around it. but then you also have to make your own way. >> i suppose what i meant was i can see how having parents who are in the business can be helpful, but it also means there's no escape. you were almost groomed for this. >> as a kid the world you grew up in is the world you grew up in so you don't know anything else. my sister and i really enjoyed

that. it was fun. we got to stay up late. my parents played night clubs and went out to california and did tv shows and it was fun. we liked that more than going to school. >> they've been married 56 years. >> yeah. >> that's pretty amazing. >> yeah. >> how do you think they've pulled that off? especially in entertainment. it's almost unprecedented. >> they -- i think they truly -- they just truly love each other. i think that's the key there. and they -- i don't know. they're like one organism now, the way they work together. they play off each other. they have so much experience together. and i think they also wanted to make it work. they always had put each other -- they made each other a priority, which i think is something you have to do. >> what values did they instill in you? >> my dad's a pretty hard working guy. i think -- so i think work ethic-wise i got that from him.

and they're very good people, my parents. people come up to me every day and tell me about a thank you note that they sent for something that someone did for them. my dad goes and visits friends when they're sick in the hospital. it's amazing. >> are you like that? do you have that gene? >> no, my dad is like a comedic mother teresa. and it's actually a great example as a son to try to live up to. >> you've been married 11 years. >> yes. >> you don't let your children watch your movies. >> no, that's not true. >> are there some you don't let them watch? >> first of all, they're not that interested in watching. i'm not going to try to get them to watch, you know, "something about mary" or something like that because they're 9 and 6. but they watch the night at the museum movies and kid movies like "madagascar."

>> are they showing signs of comedic genius? >> they're very theatrical. >> do you love being a father? >> i love being a father. yeah. for me it's the best thing. it's challenging, as any father will tell you. >> in terms of your filming schedule, how do you juggle that with being a dad? >> you have to figure out how you're going to do it so that you make sure that you have the family time. right now i'm working on a film out of town so i'll come back as much as i can on the weekends. and then the time off is really important. so we always take the summer we take as much time off as possible as a family and go off together. >> what do you think of the business you're in? >> show business? >> yeah. what do you really think it have? >> i think it's a tough business. i think it's wonderful to be able to do what you love doing. i think the business around it is very tough and sometimes can

be distracting from the actual joy that you get from doing the creative work. >> but you've kind of lived a dream in many ways. is the dream what you hoped it would be? >> the dream is hollow and empty, piers. >> is it? >> hollow and empty and cold. >> my dreams are hollow and empty and cold. >> are they? who do you dream of? >> i dream of having engaging guests. >> whoo! it's the second time i've done that. i think life is what you make it and you're never going to find happiness in outside, you know, people who are going to -- if you're looking for that validation from somewhere outside of yourself, you're never going to be happy. that hollywood thing i think is

sort of like a bottomless pit if you really go for that. >> all comedians i meet seem to wrestle with demons but you don't have many demons. i studied your life fairly carefully -- >> you can't find the demons? >> there's no darkness. >> i'm a boring, demonless person. we all have demons. i think at the end of the day it's, you know, it's what you -- what you do with your life, right, how you take what you have and then you're in the moment. all you have is the moment. so a lot of times in show busy think can you get wrapped up in thinking if that happened or if this happened or this movie did well or that or i got that opportunity and ultimately you're just in the moment always. >> there's no evidence of alcoholism, major drug abuse. >> it's well hidden. >> womanizing. you don't seem to do anything. >> all under the radar. >> you're just a nice fine guy. >> sorry. i'm sorry.

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>> oh, like when they went after frankenstein. >> no, it's a different kind of storming, a storming where the peasants take everything back. >> i'm in. >> i'm in. >> well now we're undefeatable, aren't we? >> in stiller's latest movie "tower heist," why are you laughing there is this. >> i was laughing because you always show the person watching themselves. >> we're hoping it's going to be absolutely hilarious. it will be another blockbuster movie. you've made so many of them. >> not really. >> are you excited about this? >> i'm really excited. it's a genre of movie i've never been in, a heist movie. that was one of the reasons i wanted to do it. >> it's a great caper but it's also fan tas lick well timed. if you could imagine this coming out with occupy wall street kicking off all over the country, it couldn't be better time. we'll find out if this is a

popular topic or not because of your ratings. >> all right, if you want to do it that way. i feel like the movie is reflective of the situation we're in economically and when we started working on the movie it was like that. i didn't think we'd still be in this situation when we were making the film and when the movie came out, i didn't know. >> the platt plot is nice guys get dummied by fat cad greedy people and they ge revenge. >> which is sort of a timeless plot. and it's also like a heist movie, a fun sort of new york reality-based heist comedy. >> what do you think of the guys down at wall street protesting? does it resonate with you? >> that particular thing that's going on there now with a lot of people trying to figure out exactly what it is, what the focus of it is, but it's

definitely an expression of frustration that's going on that i this is very valid in the country right now. >> what's going on with your country? >> oh, wow. >> there's a starting point for you. >> i think we're in a tough place and i think we're -- it's a very complicated situation and i as an actor and just someone who is not an expert don't pretend to know any answers. but i feel like we've inherited a bad situation over the last eight years and obama's in a very tough position, and i think, you know, it's -- in ways it's been frustrating to see that we haven't gotten further than i think we would have hoped in the last few years. >> has he disappointed you, obama? >> i'm disappointed that we haven't seen more bold decisions from him and a willingness i think to maybe stick to more of what he had in his campaign had

said in terms of what he was willing to do. >> he's got very lucky -- >> you know, being president is something i would never in a million years want to deal with. >> you wanted to be a comedic actor and you've done a great job of it. he wanted to be a politician. no one's holding a gun to his head. >> he also wanted to be a comedic actor. sure. who would have known he was going to inherit the situation he's inherited. >> he's a very smart guy. he has so much goodwill and he's been i think slightly reluctant to beat his chest and do what he probably really wants to do. i'm like, come on, you're the president. can you do what you like. >> but it seems like the reality of the deal making to go on in washington to actually get things done is so complicated that it's hard to know what the actual reality of it is. >> what do you think of the republican field? do you find it of comedic value?

are you wary of discussing this? >> i don't see myself as a political commentator or comedian in any way, though i do enjoy bill maher's show. i like the discourse he has on his show. >> they are quite funny some of these republicans. >> i find them funny. rick perry to me is kind of ridiculo ridiculous. >> you watch him as a serious republican candidate, what do you think? >> i think i condition imagine him being president. >> but he could be. >> i don't think so. i would think that mitt romney would have more of a chance at this point. >> what about herman cain, the pizza guy? >> i saw him on "meet the press" and i was not impressed. i was not impressed. >> why? >> because he wouldn't answer questions.

when they asked about foreign policy, he said i'm going to talk to my advisors. when i get in that position. it didn't instill any confidence that he's got a point of view. >> tell me about haiti now. why does it motivate you? >> i went down the first time before the earthquake and it was in such a bad situation that i wanted to try to do something to help there. and then the earthquake happened and it just, you know, it just -- what they've had to deal with is just, you know, it's unfair, the natural disasters, the economic situation, the whole history of the country. so when you see people like shawn and people like paul farmer, partners in health, the work they're doing, i wanted to try to support this. that's why we had this uk shun to pay money. >> what do you think about people who criticize celebrities for helping with stuff like that, the criticism being you're just doing it to promote

yourselves? >> i think everybody's entitled to their opinion. but if you're not going to use the access you have to people for something you believe in if you want to say something, you should be allowed to say it. something like haiti, where there's a place where this horrible earthquake happens, six weeks later the attention of the world moves on. if you have a chance to be able to talk on a show like this and remind people what's going on down there, there are 600,000 people still living in tents 12 months later. >> my beef with some celebrities is they laso themselves to the causes for a week and get a cheap headline and this situation remains desperate. >> that's why to me someone like sean is so amazing because he was living down there for the better part of a year and walking the walk and doing the work. but do i think if you're not an expert, you're just an actor, if

you can say, hey, remember haiti on a television show, it helps. >> well, you just said it. let's have a break and i'll bring out one of your co-stars on your heist caper, matthew broderick. >> all right. hey, man. in small continuous amounts. only one calcium supplement does that in one daily dose. citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal.

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affectionate towards it? wait a minute. i'm affectionate toward the movie or passage of time in general? >> both. could you be affectionate to both. but i meant passage of time of the movie. >> oh, i see. >> what do you think of rick perry? >> i'll go there, don't worry. >> "ferris buehler," i'm amazed it's lasted as long as it have. >> it's a classic. >> what do you think of herman cain? and how is obama doing? >> what do you think of herman cain? >> everything he said. >> this is cnn. this is not some fluffy "extra" interview. >> that's going to be your headline, broderick, what stiller said. >> if i have any fans, i don't want to alienate them. >> how many republican fans do you have you think? >> i don't know, 11. >> and i've got 11, too. >> i want to dig deeper into mr.

stiller here. he professes to be this angelic character. >> none of that is true. >> on the set he can be difficult. is that true? >> no. >> a perfectionist? >> well, perfectionist is not bad. he's extremely hard working. he's also right here. >> a very fine line between perfectionist and -- >> ben also directed me. so have i two perspectives on ben. he directed "the cable guy," which i was in. and he was never. he is a perfectionist, very hard working. >> any tantrums? >> no. >> we were talking about the business of show business earlier. what do you think of it? you've had a long time to assess it. >> yeah. well, it's, you know, it's always been a mix of commerce and art. and those two things battle each other. when both things come together, it's wonderful. i love a big commercial, great

movie. >> do you get more pleasure personally from one of your big broadway hits because you have that instant sort of visceral reaction from a audience that you can never get with a movie or a tv show? >> it's very different, yeah. there's nothing -- it's incredibly thrilling to have the audience right there and to do the whole part all the way through. you really feel an ownership to it, which is great. and the adrenaline. ben does that, too. but then again after i've done that for a while i love the intimacy of a movie where i'm not worrying so much about an audience that's right there and get to be a little more quieter and close up in a way. >> like him you've had a happy, successful marriage. this is unusual. usually most people i interview i have to get down and dirty

into the marriage hell. how do you feel about the hollywood trap of endless divorces? >> well, i adore my wife. that helps. and i don't know how we do it. how does one do it? >> we both sort of come from similar backgrounds. both our parents were actors and -- >> that's true. >> both of our fathers were in "taking of the pellham 123. how about that? >> really? >> yeah. >> we both grew up in new york and matthew was successful earlier than i was. i used to go on auditions to play the understudy in the role he had left two years earlier. >> i heard a lot of things about you, you remind me. you had some horrible auditions. "my cousin vinny." >> they were good the first two callbacks and the last one -- >> what happened? >> joe pesci, he just freaked me

out or something. i don't know. i mean, i would audition -- i auditioned for years before i really got any roles and that was probably because i didn't deserve them. i wasn't that good. and then i started to get a little bit more comfortable. >> but is it as terrifying -- >> matthew off the bat was natural and brilliant. he was good. we were the same age. i watched him do his thing and everybody is like this guy is great, i wish i was him, he's so natural and funny and then he did all these amazing roles. so there was -- there was envy but it was envy and also appreciation because he was so good. >> you saw these guys fluffing all these auditions. did you ever imagine in your wildest nightmares he'd turn into this -- >> it's like a nightmare. >> but it hasn't changed him for

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i was on the job a few days ago when my homey got shot in the face! >> he's kidding, right? >> if you get shot in the head it's over. >> if you get shot in the face, the bullet will go into your cheek and come out the other side. then what are you going to do? >> i'm going to die. i saw a television programming where a man got shot in the head with a nail gun. he couldn't even shoe anymore. he had to put everything in a blender. >> we're joined bit producer and director. gentlemen, welcome. i need some stuff on ben stiller. i have an unsubstantiated rumor.

is he as squeaky clean as he makes out? >> as far as i'm concerned. he's a big movie star. what whatever it is, i'm going to say. >> you can crush mr. stiller with pure box office statistics because your global gross is over $13 billion from all your movies compared to his relative relatively pulltory $5 billion. is there anybody in hollywood lef who has a better record than that? >> a little guy steven spielberg. >> would he beat that? >> yes. >> maybe. >> yes, he would. for sure. >> tell me about "tower heist." great fun. i watched it last night. i really enjoyed it. it's funny, it's smart. i love the fact that it's so timely. with all this going on, we were talking earlier with occupy wall

street. i don't know if you got lucky because all this was bubbling under. >> wouldn't that be horrible if comcast was behind occupy wall street, a publicity stunt? >> tell me about what's going on down from your point of view. you're an american, you've been around the block a few times and ups and downs in financials but nothing like this. >> nothing like this other than three years ago. but basically i think people are just mad -- they're mad as hell. >> do you understand it? >> not entirely because they don't have a specific message that they're saying. i wish there were a specific message. >> isn't it just a sort of outpouring of general dissatisfaction? >> i think what happened is we bailed the banks out -- first we went after the rich, then we bailed them out and now they're ahead again and i think -- >> and giving themselves whacking big bonuses again. >> and the working class is

upset about it. the working class is the majority of the country so they're upset. and the thematics of that intersect with the thematics of our movie oddly enough. >> who did you base the bad guy on? did you have a character in mind? >> well, madoff we did. but there are so many people like that. there's accountants, lawyers, business managers. you know, any time anyone makes a dollar, they have to give it to someone or they give it to a bank. they give it to someone, it gets lost in a malaise of language they don't understand. as a consequence you can become vi vick tich -- >> if i'm a banker, i'm saying hang on, your industry is just as cynical and ruthless as we've been. would you agree with that? >> we're on the entertainment side. >> is hollywood as ruthless?

>> i think all business microcosms have similarities so -- yes. >> i think it's all based on the economics of it. it's a very cold, hard business in termsch hows economics work. >> but you have to deliver and these days with money being tight for everyone, someone like ben that can guarantee box office is incredibly popular for now but the pressure to keep delivering is there, isn't it? >> for ben? >> do you feel that pressure? >> well, he's been doing it for years and he's -- >> you better keep at it, ben. >> don't you trip up or we'll be straight on you. >> i'm going to become herman cain's political advisor. >> let me ask you, how important is someone like ben to a movie now? >> butt it this way, we developed the movie for several years. it was actually eddie murphy's idea. and there was a few parts to fill and i said to brian how do we get this movie made?

and he says to me go get the biggest comedy star in the world. i said whose that? he said ben stiller. >> the frat master. >> you said i was right for the part. you said you wanted me as an actor. you said nobody else could play the part. >> this guy thought he got it because he's a brilliant actor. >> you're dirty. >> the only way they can get it made. >> no, that's not true. true commercialism. nothing more. >> it's not a cheap movie. but ben and i were on the same page as far as the type of movie that we wanted to make. i thought he was the perfect guy for the part. >> and if it doesn't work out, it's all his fault. >> and matthews. >> it's broderick's fault. >> we'll come back and talk all things eddie murphy. what's he like to work with,

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amongst the gathering here eddie murphy. what a great vehicle for him. it reminded me of "beverly hills cop," that kind of persona back. talk me through eddie. he had the idea for the movie to start with? >> yeah. eddie pitched the idea. i've been wanting to work with him. brian had done five, section movies with him. >> a total of six movies with him. >> we thought this was a perfect opportunity to work with him. "rush hour" wouldn't have existed if it wasn't for eddie murphy. >> and you're doing the oscars. >> i'm producing the oscar. >> and eddie is hosting the oscars. a recipe for comedic carnage. >> i said, brian, if you were producing the oscars, what would you do? brian said think about in the past the three best hosts have been bob hope, johnny carson and billy crystal. basically he was saying to me go get a comedian.

and i happen to be looking at eddie murphy every day. >> was ben not available? >> this was after we wrapped the movie. ben's busy filming multi- -- multiple movesy. >> and eddie is a brilliant standup comedian who hasn't done -- >> this is one of the great comebacks of all time. >> we think it will be. >> i saw the interview that was very fine saying it's going to bes worst oscars, i'm going to urinate over everyone. i'm thinking this is fantastic, ric ricky gervais on speed. >> what do you think of him? >> he started right about the time i started so i've grown up on him. he's just the greatest. i felt like hi met him and it was like, well, i've just seen a lot of movies with him in it. >> he's one of the greatest come

comedic actors i've ever seen. that energy he has. >> incredible energy and intensity. >> did you feel intimidated working with someone like this? >> sure. because eddie has been -- he's iconic for the last 25 years. and i had never really met him. i met him a couple of times. so to be working with somebody who their body of work is that great and it sort of precedes them, you want to be on your best game when you come in and you don't know what's going to happen. and then he goes and when he goes, it's like you're watching eddie murphy live. you're getting eddie murphy raw like two feet away from you. >> that is intimidating. >> it's also thrilling. it's great. >> ben is one of the few actors in the world who can stand toe to toe with eddie. >> when eddie does his thing, you just want to be there. what i like about him is it's

about the scene for him. i've never worked with anybody whos th who has that much focus and energy. >> you're doing a movie with clint eastwood. >> i am. >> tell me about that briefly. >> well, i'm fascinated with j. edgar hoover. he was really the the fbi. started in 1935 and had something on six different presidents. that kept him in office for almost 50 years. so, and he's ultimately -- >> sorry. >> he's a -- >> what happened to tower heist? >> i want to see that movie. >> j. edgar will be coming out a week after "tower heist." >> clint eastwood. >> directed by clint eastwood

starring leo dicaprio. >> he's not funny. dicaprio. >> no. >> he's not supposed to be funny. he's supposed to be mean and -- >> leo in a dress? get leo in a dress? >> we got it. >> who's the greatest actor you've ever seen. >> other than the two of these guys? >> i'm always fascinated, who is the actor's actor? who is the one, if you could cast one leading man in the last movie you ever make, who would it be? >> i can't do it. >> ron howard. >> yeah, ron howard. >> could you do it? can you name someone? >> i can name some dead ones. john cazal. sterling hayden is one of my favorite actors ever. living, you know, i love the movies of the '70s, i'd love to work with justin hoffman, de

niro. >> i'm a big daniel day lewis fan and also sean. >> i haven't worked with sean. i've worked with great actors. russell crow, tom hanks -- >> instantly, he's the best he's ever seen. >> he's amazing. >> surprising, but -- >> comedy, too. people don't really know it but he's a very funny guy. >> marlon brando. >> the freshman. >> that's right. >> tell me about that. >> he's a great actor. yeah. that was wonderful. he's probably -- i might pick him. >> this was in the "freshman," right? >> this was in the "freshman." >> his career, when he was getting fed lines through his ear, right? >> you seem to be getting fed lines. >> that's why i'm -- to do it effortlessly without anybody even realizing. >> he did have that, but he was also extremely present. a little bit like what you describe from eddie.

the energy that came out of that man was amazing. >> i thought you said about it, the reason he had the ear piece was it just -- it made him more spontaneous in a funny way. he didn't like having to think about lines. if someone gave him a line he could be more spontaneous than if he was rehearse in his head. >> he said i'm trying to discover the way to take away the moment of my mind that is -- >> that is brilliant. >> his brain -- he didn't want any of his brain trying to remember something. >> he wanted to take away the moment of his mind? >> i may not have the quote exactly right. >> he probably said that. >> it's the kind of thing he might say. >> then he swallowed a bug. >> then he caught a bug with his chop sticks. >> who's the best you've seen, you think? >> yeah, well, you know, and ben. eneddie. and there are a lot of great ones. you know what, also i think it's about the role meeting the actor. there are a lot of wonderful actors and they have to -- it all has to meet. >> give me a name.

you've work the with all of them. >> i like working with denzel washington. thought he was great. i did "inside man" and "american gangster" with him. i've worked can de niro. i'd like to work with sean penn. i'm friendly with him. >> i'm going to be working with denzel washington? >> are you? >> in a movie. my first movie coming up. i'm playing myself in this studio. >> the robert movie? >> yes. apparently it's going to be really good. >> it's going to be great. >> i signed up and i'm going to a movie stars. >> congratulations. >> won't be seeing any of you again, but it's been great. it's actually a true story. i think he's fantastic, denzel washington. >> so do i. >> it's going to be a big hit. it's going to be a great comeback. i think for you guys, you've -- it's a great film. hasn't been a good one like that for a long time. >> it is fun. thank you very much. glad you liked it.

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