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Ben Stiller

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  1. “And I felt just a desire to make it. And sometimes it's hard to actually analyze what it is that draws you to something because sometimes I think it's something subconscious you don't necessarily know, but you have a feeling for it. And I've tried to listen to that over the years in terms of just kind of going with my gut feeling about something and not even knowing what it is. I just thought it was good. I thought I wanted to see it. I thought I could see it in my head and wanted to, you know, wanted to make it happen. So that was it.”

    2025-02-03 · On with Kara Swisher · Why Ben Stiller Made 'Severance' (and Doesn’t Care About What Elon Says About Him) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

  2. “Well, honestly, the script came into our production company and it was a spec script, a script sent to see a writing sample. And Jackie Cohn, who worked at her company at the time, read it, and she gave it to me and I read it. And I was like, this is great. It's a great writing sample. And also, is anybody doing this show? It was so unique. The tone, the dialogue, it reminded me of shows that I'd seen before, but it felt like its own thing. I was one of the ideas bandied about to be in it, but really the second I read it, I was like, this is Adam Scott.”

    2025-02-03 · On with Kara Swisher · Why Ben Stiller Made 'Severance' (and Doesn’t Care About What Elon Says About Him) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

  3. “I think in retrospect, when I look back at painful situations I've been in or things that have happened in life that didn't feel good, I could imagine not wanting to go through that pain. But I also think that, you know, one of the ideas of the show is this questioning of, you know, what can you actually cut off, right? Because we all have to deal with everything on some level. And I think it's also what I was really attracted to when I first read the script too is there's so many different ideas of what severance could be a metaphor for. And I think we all do sever to a certain extent when we check out if you have a drink or, you know, you take a gummy or you watch a TV show or if you go on your phone. I mean, we all find ways to cope with the everyday sort of, you know, torrent of stuff that's coming at us in life.”

    2025-02-03 · On with Kara Swisher · Why Ben Stiller Made 'Severance' (and Doesn’t Care About What Elon Says About Him) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

  4. “Yeah, I mean, we looked at it sort of like the first season was these Audis were sort of kids. You know, they're pretty young. They're only like Mark's only probably like two years old. And Irving's maybe was there a few more years, but they're kind of innocent and childlike to a certain extent, but also have developed personalities. And then as the season evolved and as the second season is starting to evolve, I think they're kind of becoming more adolescents and more, you know, kind of Yeah, self empowered and questioning authority. And so I think there's like a maturation that's happening with them slowly.”

    2025-02-03 · On with Kara Swisher · Why Ben Stiller Made 'Severance' (and Doesn’t Care About What Elon Says About Him) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

  5. “Yeah, I mean, I think Heli is, you know, she's rebellious and curious and not a rule follower. And, yeah, she's got a lot of, you know, it's like, I don't know if it's necessarily anger as much as, you know, sort of like this questioning of authority and not taking things at face value and accepting them just because they tell us we should accept them.”

    2025-02-03 · On with Kara Swisher · Why Ben Stiller Made 'Severance' (and Doesn’t Care About What Elon Says About Him) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

  6. “You know, recently I've been thinking about it actually, but I think the Innies are more innocent. They're less corrupted by life experience. And so I guess my Innie would be like a little bit more, you know, fun-loving, innocent, playful. Though I think I am still playful in certain situations But I do feel like I'd probably be maybe like a little less sort of like hunched and like stressed, you know?”

    2025-02-03 · On with Kara Swisher · Why Ben Stiller Made 'Severance' (and Doesn’t Care About What Elon Says About Him) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT