Ben Stiller : (3) " The failure of The Cable Guy impacted my career. I had to start writing and acting again. " - Ben Stiller " I just watched Paul Michael Glaser. He was the reason I wanted to do the movie because as a kid I was such a big fan of his. I watched all the episodes and tried to get a feeling for what he was doing. " - Ben Stiller " I don’t think know if anything’s going to translate anywhere. You’re making a movie, you hope it’s going to be funny, you can’t think about how it’s going to go over. " - Ben Stiller