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Ben Stiller: When things are bad, just laugh

Actor Ben Stiller believes it is important to laugh when things are not going good. The 51-year-old actor says people…

PTI | London | October 8, 2017 4:06 pm

Ben Stiller: When things are bad, just laugh

Ben Stiller

Actor Ben Stiller believes it is important to laugh when things are not going good.

The 51-year-old actor says people should use their experiences to stay strong, according to Femalefirst.

“You laugh! When real life stuff happens to you, that’s really not good, then it gives you some perspective. Real life stuff. That’s when you go, ‘Oh actually that’s bad.’

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“The movie not doing great, well, it’s not great – but this person’s gone or you have cancer or whatever. These are scary things that do give you perspective,” says Stiller.

Stiller believes humour is necessary and everyone should use it to help them “navigate this crazy life”.

“Humour is necessary in life for everybody to get through. I’m not talking about professional humour; just how we all as human beings figure out how to navigate this crazy life that we all are living that we don’t understand really, ultimately. For me, that helps me get through it.

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Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor split after 17 years

Actor Ben Stiller and his wife Christine Taylor, whom he married in 2000, have announced that they are splitting.

They announced the separation in a joint statement to Entertainment Tonight on Friday, but did not state the reason for their decision, reported etonline.com.

"With tremendous love and respect for each other, and the 18 years we spent together as a couple, we have made the decision to separate," Stiller and Taylor said.

"Our priority will continue to be raising our children as devoted parents and the closest of friends. We kindly ask that the media respect our privacy at this time," the statement read further.

The couple had met while filming a never-broadcast TV pilot called "Heat Vision and Jack". They got married in May 2000 at an oceanfront ceremony in Kauai, Hawaii.

The two welcomed daughter Ella Olivia in April 2002 and son Quinlin Dempsey in July 2005.

A much-loved couple, they continued to share the screen in projects like "Zoolander", "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story", "Tropic Thunder", "Arrested Development" and "Zoolander 2".