He had this to say about the time frame and how much he enjoyed that magical era of humorous movies: I remember opening up The L.A. Times, and there was this writer who wrote a letter: Dear God, stop putting Ben Stiller in comedies.

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,