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Ben Stiller grew up watching his parents on television. The world of show business was the only world Ben knew. The second child of Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, Ben had entertainment in his blood. But when Ben wanted to enter the business himself, it was not as easy as it might have looked. Even with experienced show business parents, Ben struggled to find his niche. He started out wanting to mak... More

Ben Stiller grew up watching his parents on television. The world of show business was the only world Ben knew. The second child of Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, Ben had entertainment in his blood. But when Ben wanted to enter the business himself, it was not as easy as it might have looked. Even with experienced show business parents, Ben struggled to find his niche. He started out wanting to make his own films, but found that enrolling in film school felt like a waste of time. With his mother's help, he got an audition for a Broadway play, and from there got small parts in movies. It was not until his part in There's Something About Mary and then Meet the Parents that Ben found his own success in the field.

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