Ben Stiller may not know why he emerged as a comedic movie star — but he's glad he embraced the genre while he could. The actor, who became a comedy movie staple with titles like Meet the Parents and Zoolander,

Ben Stiller was the latest guest on The New York Times’ “The Interview” podcast and admitted that he still doesn’t understand why he became such a popular comedy movie star in the late 1990s and 2000s.

Ben Stiller still struggles to wrap his head around why he was such a beloved comedy movie star in the late 1990s and 2000s. The actor-producer-director, who reached a new level of success thanks to his comedic roles in There's Something About Mary,

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Ben Stiller has opened up about why he infamously left Saturday Night Live in 1989 after only appearing on four episodes of the iconic sketch comedy show. In an interview with The New York Times, Stiller said that while he “discovered comedy” through SNL,