Ben Stiller: “I’ve always dreamed of success”

Ben Stiller has revealed that he always believed he would become successful from an early age. The award-winning actor has starred in a high number of blockbuster films, raking in over $2 billion.

Showbiz Spy quotes him as saying: “As a kid I had dreams about being successful, thinking it would be cool. Then in my 20s, I really thought I had it much more figured out than I do now. I’ve heard people say that the older you get, the less you understand. In your youth you have that confidence, sort of blind confidence which allows you to take chances and do things you might not do when you’re older because you know better.”

When asked what advice he would have given himself at a younger age, Stiller said: “I’d tell that guy to chill out, relax & wait until 1998 when everything will be cool because There’s Something About Mary will make you a big star. Before that, I was pretty hard on myself going, “I’m not in the Brat Pack. What’s wrong with me?” Now I am so happy I wasn’t.”