Ben Stiller

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2022

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

Ben Stiller (Severance, Meet the Parents, Tropic Thunder) is an actor, producer, and director. Ben joins the Armchair Expert to discuss what his experience was directing the first season of Severance, what working through the pandemic was like, and how much he enjoys watching dramas. Ben and Dax talk about what movies shaped their childhoods, who they think the funniest comedians are, and how important good scriptwriting is for successful shows. Ben explains how much he misses acting in movies, how his ultimate goal was always to be a director, and how he views his own identity. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome welcome to armchair expert I'm
0:02.8	Jack Shepard I'm joined by Lily Padman
0:05.6	Hi Lily Padman comma Monica
0:08.4	yes slash hyphenated comma Monica
0:11.8	comma Monica that sounds like a monica, it sounds like a word.
0:13.8	Coma monica, it sounds like on a monopoeia.
0:15.8	Onomatia, comma, monica.
0:17.8	Uh, what's that suck?
0:20.0	Coma, comma, comma, comma, comma, comma, comma,
0:21.7	comma, comma, monica, we come on a gun go,
0:26.0	we come on a gun go,
0:28.0	oh, yeah, that's it.
0:30.0	Loving would be easy if you come a monica,
0:32.0	ooh, that sounded gross. Yeah that got dirty quick. Come on
0:37.2	come on I'm on Monica. Oh boy. Sorry Ben Stiller, keep that in.
0:43.0	Today we got a no-namer and up-and-comer.
0:45.0	You never heard of them.
0:47.0	Benjamin Stiller.
0:48.0	Ben Stiller.
0:50.0	What a find.
0:51.0	What a get for us?
0:53.0	I don't know that there were any two people more obsessed with severance.
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