Ben Stiller regrets raising his kids in L.A.
Ben Stiller regrets raising his children in Los Angeles – because they’ve missed out on the excitement of living in his native New York.
The 42-year-old star shares two children, Ella Olivia, six, and Quinlin Dempsey, three, with his wife, actress Christine Taylor.
And Stiller admits he often finds himself reminiscing about the dangers of growing up in the Big Apple.
He says, “Raising them here is different because I was raised in New York City. It’s totally different. I grew up in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in the 70s. There were… fires and riots and serial killers. It was great. My kids, it’s L.A., it’s sunny and nice. They don’t have any excitement.”
WENN
August 11th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Ben Stiller is a jerk who makes fun of retarted people in his new movie.
August 12th, 2008 at 8:09 am
So he regrets that his children will have a safer childhood than he did growing up???
August 12th, 2008 at 8:16 am
He’s joking people…he’s a comedian…it’s sort of what he does for a living. You’ve got to lighten up a little.
August 12th, 2008 at 8:32 am
“retarted people”. Ruby… you are right! Anyone who makes fun of retards is an idiot. It’s not the retards fault that they are retarded. How would B.S. like it if he was a retard? How would he like it if someone pointed out that he was like totally retarded.
August 12th, 2008 at 8:44 am
I despise him. He’s not funny – he’s an egomaniac – his films are dim-witted and obnoxious – and he is mean-spirited. I don’t think he’s a good person – he’s the nerd from high school who works out too much and has spent his adult life $*%-ing over the popular, normal kids who saw through him when he was younger. Hey Ben – you’re totally transparent. Grow the ^%&* up.
Yuck.
August 12th, 2008 at 8:49 am
Seen the movie? No – then shut up. What they are making fun of is how actors will play mentally challenged people in movies for the sole purpose of having award consideration.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:18 am
If you’re going to be fussy about grammar and spelling, “Retarts,” then I will point out that you should have said “it’s not the retards’ fault…” You need an apostrophe.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:27 am
I regret that Ben Stiller had kids at all. He’s an unfunny douche with the same expression and mannerisms in every movie.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:28 am
Listen, I’m sick of the “Ben Stiller makes fun of retards” because I’ve seen an advanced screening of the actually movie and I can say that they made no indication of MAKING FUN OF REATARDS! They are MAKING FUN OF ACTORS who play roles for awards only. See the movie before you open your mouth.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:38 am
If you REALLY want to correct someone, Retards’, try moving that apostrophe between the d and the s – WHERE IT BELONGS! LMFAO!!
August 12th, 2008 at 9:46 am
Um…. Jen if they are talking about multiple retards then the apostrophe is in the correct place after the “s” so ROFLMAO Can’t believe I’m getting into this, guess you should check to see just how many retards they are referring too
August 12th, 2008 at 9:49 am
I honestly don’t understand this protest. From what I can gather, the movie is not making fun of “retards”; it’s making fun of people who USE the word “retards”.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:51 am
He wasn’t kidding. I was raised in Philly but as a long time NYer, there is no place like NY State and the Big Apple is like no other city in the world. Deal with it.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:55 am
That other Jen is truly, truly retarted AND retarded, too. I know it’s every other Jens’ wish to have a brain like THIS Jen’s brain. Alas, you can’t all be so smart!
August 12th, 2008 at 9:56 am
Actually, Jen, “Retards’” is grammatically correct when using the possessive form of more than one “retard”. Have you really gone your entire life unaware that there is more than one placement for the “s” in possessive nouns? As Toby said on The Office, “I’m just sad that the public school system failed you so badly.”
August 12th, 2008 at 10:09 am
You are all retards.
August 12th, 2008 at 10:14 am
would not usually follow threads this far,but the grammar debate kept me here. yes, retards’ is correct.
August 12th, 2008 at 10:50 am
But alas, “referring too” is not.
August 12th, 2008 at 11:04 am
you people need to get a sense of humor. It’s. A. Joke.
August 12th, 2008 at 11:28 am
OMG you are all so funny!
TO = “I’m going TO the movies” etc
TOO = “I’m going TO the movies TOO” etc (A good tip is that if the sentence makes sense using “as well” or “also” then you should use “too” (NOT “to”!).
TWO = the number
Apostrophes:
Bart SIMPSON = no “s” as Simpson is his name.
The SIMPSONS = no apostrophe as it’s just referring to the family as a whole.
Bart SIMPSON’S dog = the apostophe goes BEFORE the “s” as it shows you’re talking about the dog owned by Bart.
The SIMPSONS’ dog = the apostrophe goes AFTER the “s” as you’re talking about the dog that’s owned by the whole family (i.e multiple people).
OTHER PET HATES:
YOU’RE = if the words “you are” can be used in a sentence, then the spelling is ALWAYS “you’re”. Example: “You’re a retard” = “You are a retard”.
YOUR = “I’m going to your home”. You could NEVER say “I’m going to YOU ARE home”, so you just use YOUR.
ANOTHER ONE THAT STUMPS PEOPLE: There/Their/They’re
THERE = “I’m going over THERE” (i.e to a place)
THEIR = “The Simpsons are going to THEIR home” (something belonging to someone – an item, a feeling etc)
THEY’RE = “They’re going home” – this one is ONLY used if the words “They are” could also be used.
And finally, the one that EVERYONE seems to get wrong: “It’s” versus “its”.
The ONLY time you use “it’s” (i.e WITH the apostrophe) is if the sentence also makes sense with the words “it is”.
For example, “IT’S a hot day day today” = “IT IS a hot day today”
BUT, if you’re saying something like “The dog went back to ITS home” then it DOESN’T need an apostophe. YOU JUST SAY ITS. It might look wrong to you, but believe me, it isn’t!
Here endeth the lesson from cold and cloudy London! I’m sure I’ll get bagged for writing so much, but really hope it helps someone out there!
August 12th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Actually if you want to get real technical you should probably use the word mentally handicapped
August 12th, 2008 at 11:52 am
I AM WE TODD IT
I AM SOFA KING WE TODD IT
August 12th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Thank you so much Ginster!
You took the time to type out some of the most annoying mistakes I have always hated, but was too lazy to type about.
And I WISH I was there in “cloudy London”!
Oh well, maybe someday…………….
August 12th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
They’re still young, so why doesn’t he move back there. And, for that matter, stop making lousy movies.
August 12th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
If I had Christine Taylor for a Mom i’d breast feed till I was 25!!
August 12th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Try replacing the word “retard” in his movie with the word “nigger” or “kike” or “gook”. Still funny?
August 12th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
RETARD RETARD RETARD
Nothing wrong with the word kids, it means “slow”
Slow means dumb in this context. See, it’s not painful?
To be offensive one could say, “Not only do I approve of the death penalty being applied to retards, but in my spare time I roam the streets executing them.”
or calling someone with CP a retard. That might be mean.
August 15th, 2008 at 7:12 am
Omg haha. his initials for his first and last name is B.S. hahah Bull sh*t. Wow. Well anyways I think this sin’t really bad news it’s just him saying something. No big deal!
August 15th, 2008 at 11:41 am
Screw all of you that use the word. Go to hell where you belong
January 4th, 2009 at 5:19 am
You guys are all losers why would u waste ur time talking about this crap lol u guys suck im only here cause i have to find out information on ben stiller you retards (opps i forgot the apostrophy) oh no i think i will go kill my self no i forgot an apostropfhy u guys suck send me an email sometime
mentalman_1@hotmail.co.uk
March 30th, 2010 at 9:39 am
No, Jen…he’s referring to “retards”, the plural of “retard”. If he were talking about one retard, he would say, “It’s not the retard’s fault”. He’s talking about retards as a group…so you put the apostrophe after the s. If you were talking about the Jones family, you wouldn’t say, “it’s not the Jone’s fault”. You would say “it’s not the Jones’ fault”. There. NOW it’s a dead issue.