{"id":2109285,"date":"2025-10-22T22:41:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T22:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2109285"},"modified":"2025-10-22T22:41:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T22:41:29","slug":"video-ben-stiller-talks-knicks-nepo-babies-and-new-family-documentary-nothing-is-lost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/video-ben-stiller-talks-knicks-nepo-babies-and-new-family-documentary-nothing-is-lost\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Ben Stiller Talks Knicks, Nepo Babies, and New Family Documentary, &#8216;Nothing Is Lost&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ben Stiller Opens Up About His Marriage in Documentary\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-DgPmU2U3Fs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For actor, filmmaker, and second-generation entertainer Ben Stiller, growing up with famous parents may have given him a leg up in Hollywood but it also came with its own set of challenges. The award-winning director and movie star returned to the Stern Show Wednesday morning to discuss his new documentary \u201cStiller &amp; Meara: Nothing Is Lost,\u201d which examines the lives and legacy of his late parents, comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. In a candid conversation with Howard, he revealed that while his atypical upbringing afforded him more access and opportunity than most kids \u2014 not to mention memorable run-ins with comedy legends like Rodney Dangerfield \u2014 it also resulted in an eye-opening early look at the highs and lows of stardom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrowing up around it \u2014\u00a0and we talk [in the movie] about all those things I saw with my parents \u2014 you actually as a kid see the dark underside of it. The stress. The effect it has on relationships,\u201d Stiller told Howard. \u201cYou see that up close as a kid and you still want to go into it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the 59-year-old entertainer revealed, making the documentary taught him almost as much about himself and the driving force in his own life as it did about his parents. \u201cIf you have the passion you do it,\u201d he said, explaining his love of comedy ran in his blood.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ben Stiller on the Nepo Baby Phenomenon\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CrhevMmd_tc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Howard and Ben caught up for over an hour, covering everything from his new doc and working with Ariana Grande in \u201cFocker In-Law\u201d (his upcoming \u201cMeet the Parents\u201d sequel) to how his love for Shirley Temples led to him launching Stiller\u2019s Soda with actor Justin Theroux. \u201cThe fun of it is to kind of make fun of celebrity brands, make fun of ourselves,\u201d he said of the new venture.<\/p>\n<p>With the NBA season just tipping off, Howard was also eager to chat with Ben about his beloved New York Knicks, which made a great run last season before getting eliminated in the Eastern Conference Finals and firing head coach Tom Thibodeau.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was great \u2026 I loved Tibbs, I loved his emotion,\u201d Stiller said, adding, \u201cIt was tough that he was let go that way, but at the same time I think this new situation is exciting for the Knicks \u2026 and there\u2019s like a new energy there now.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ben Stiller on The Knicks, Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, and Celebrity Fans\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aH8pJEvk5jI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Even after years of sitting courtside at Madison Square Garden, Ben still gets a kick out of interacting with the Knicks players and watching the action up close. \u201cThe 10 year old in me is like, \u2018This is the coolest thing ever,\u2019 even though I\u2019m like 40 years older than them,\u201d he laughed.<\/p>\n<p>While the team\u2019s recent successes have enticed a lot of celebrities to jump on the Knicks bandwagon, Stiller assured Howard that most A-listers who sit courtside \u2014 including Tracy Morgan, Michael J. Fox, JB Smoove, and Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet \u2014 are genuine superfans. \u201cChalamet is a real Knicks fan. He\u2019s the real deal,\u201d Ben said of the \u201cA Complete Unknown\u201d star. \u201cHe reminds me of my level of just like \u2014\u00a0he lives it, he feels it, and he\u2019s really experiencing it inside. One hundred percent.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><u>Did Chris Farley Almost Star in \u2018The Cable Guy\u2019?<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cNothing Is Lost\u201d serves as Ben\u2019s documentary filmmaking debut, but it\u2019s far from the first project he\u2019s been on that side of the camera. The one-time UCLA film student has found considerable critical and commercial success directing TV shows like \u201cSeverance\u201d and \u201cEscape at Dannemora\u201d as well as films like \u201cReality Bites,\u201d \u201cTropic Thunder,\u201d \u201cZoolander,\u201d and Jim Carrey\u2019s 1996 cult classic \u201cThe Cable Guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Ben told Howard on Wednesday, \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d legend Chris Farley was at one time in the running to play the film\u2019s titular, oddball cable repairman. \u201cHe would\u2019ve been amazing,\u201d Ben said of Farley before explaining how the film\u2019s producer Judd Apatow ultimately tapped comedian Carrey for the role and the two essentially rewrote the script to suit the \u201cAce Ventura\u201d and \u201cDumb &amp; Dumber\u201d star\u2019s singular talents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJim\u2019s input is just all over it, and then when you\u2019re shooting he\u2019ll do like 30 takes \u2014 and every take will be different,\u201d Stiller recalled, adding, \u201cThere\u2019s nobody like him. There\u2019s nobody who has done what he does or does what he does \u2026 He was at the top of his game. He could do anything he wanted, and he decided to do this weird, dark [film] that nobody understood.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><u><strong><u>He Regrets Cutting Daughter From \u2018Walter Mitty\u2019<\/u><\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Filmmakers are forced to leave a lot of great material on the cutting room floor \u2014\u00a0it\u2019s part of the job \u2014\u00a0but that fact didn\u2019t make things any easier for Stiller when he cut a scene from his 2013 adventure dramedy \u201cThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty\u201d which just so happened to feature the big-screen debut of his daughter, Ella Stiller.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat a huge mistake,\u201d Ben said, burying his face in his hand. \u201cShe was eight, Howard. She was eight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt just damaged our relationship for so many years,\u201d Stiller told Howard with a sad laugh, adding, \u201cIt was a good lesson for me. First of all, if you\u2019re going to put your kid in something \u2026 put them in a scene you\u2019re never going to cut no matter what.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, Ben and his now 23-year-old daughter had more opportunities to collaborate. The up-and-coming actress has since worked with her dad on \u201cNight at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb,\u201d \u201cEscape at Dannemora,\u201d and \u201cHappy Gilmore 2.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>\u201cStiller &amp; Meara: Nothing Is Lost\u201d is playing now in select theaters and available Friday, Oct. 24 on Apple TV+.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.howardstern.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For actor, filmmaker, and second-generation entertainer Ben Stiller, growing up with famous parents may have given him a leg up in Hollywood but it also came with its own set of challenges. The award-winning director and movie star returned to the Stern Show Wednesday morning to discuss his new documentary \u201cStiller &amp; Meara: Nothing Is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2109286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[65245,305710,348478],"class_list":["post-2109285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-ben-stiller","tag-jim-carrey","tag-judd-apatow"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/VIDEO-Ben-Stiller-Talks-Knicks-Nepo-Babies-and-New-Family.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2109285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2109285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2109285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2109287,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2109285\/revisions\/2109287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2109286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2109285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2109285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2109285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}