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Actor, director, and producer Ben Stiller is best known for his roles in such feature films as There's Something About Mary, Meet the Parents, Zoolander, and the Night at the Museum series. For The Ben Stiller Show, Ben shared the Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program with longtime friend Bob Odenkirk (and the other writers from the show), whom he interviews ["Bob's Big Break"] on page 100. On Chicago: "I've been there to work a few times, and I love it. My parents spent a lot of time there. I wanted to talk to [Bob] about that because of their whole history of Chicago and comedy. They started out with The Compass Players in Saint Louis; then they played a place in Chicago called The Happy Medium in the '50s." Comedy vs. drama: "A lot of times, serious actors look at comedy differently… It's interesting, because you can be in acting class and somebody tries to be funny doing improv, and it's horrible." Leading man: "I psych myself out anytime I'm thinking about whatever it is in a movie. I'm too self-conscious, so I'll always go, Well, we're doing this, but they're probably not going to use this take anyway." Ben Stiller writer ...without whom this issue would not have been possible Photo: Maureen Schulman. Makeup: Orlando Barsallo. Hair: Garret Koski-Budabin. Stylist: Laurie Davis. Model: April Francis.