Ben Stiller reveals daughter Ella sent him on missions ‘for not being there’ during his younger years

Ben Stiller is opening up about his family life while he reveals that he and his estranged wife have reconciled after living apart for more than four years.

And while his reunion with his wife, actress Christine Taylor, during the initial COVID-19 lockdown featured Hollywood movie content, not all of his family’s confessionals were in an interview. consult with Mr. are stories that feel good, at least to him.

Turns out his 19-year-old daughter Ella called him for not being present enough in her life during her younger years.

Open book: Ben Stiller, 56, opens up about his family life in new interview with Esquire

‘She’s been pretty clear about that, and sometimes it’s things that I don’t want to hear. It’s hard to hear,’ the Reality Bites star and director shared while sitting down.

‘Because I wasn’t there the way I saw my parents weren’t there. And I was always thinking, Well, I won’t do that. ‘

Stiller, 56, continued: But then, I’m also trying to navigate my desire to fulfill the hopes and dreams I already have. And that doesn’t feel great, but it’s important to admit. ‘

The Meet The Father star’s parents are Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, best known as a comedic duo. The Seinfeld and King Of Queens actor died in Mat 2020 at the age of 92, while his more than 60-year-old wife died five years earlier at the age of 85.

Personal confession: Stiller revealed his 19-year-old daughter Ella called him for not being present enough in her life during her younger years

In fact, Stiller is working on a documentary about his parents, hoping to showcase their intelligence, humor, generosity, and hardship, although the project is still a year away from completion.

As for being a parent to her own children: Ella and her son Quinlin, 16, that can only be enhanced by returning to his family while he reunites with Taylor.

The sparks between the two appear to have flared up again after the former couple agreed that it would be best for them to live together during the quarantine in 2020.

‘Then over time it evolved,’ the actor and comedian said, adding, ‘We split and got back together and we’re happy about that. It was really great for all of us. It was unexpected, and one of the things that came out of the pandemic. ‘

Reunited! The actor and director also revealed that he’s reunited with his wife, actress Christine Taylor, after they moved in together during the initial COVID-19 lockdown.

Being away from children, whether because of career ambitions or the first separation from his wife in 2017 after 17 years of marriage, has had a lasting effect on Stiller and his family.

“What I learned is that your kids don’t score points in your career,” he confessed.

‘It would be too realist to think that my children really care about that. They just want a parent to be there to love and support them. That’s probably what they wanted more than for me to develop and push my creativity. ‘

For his latest project, Stiller will be behind the camera as the director of the horror series Severance, which premieres on Apple TV+ February 18.

‘She’s been pretty clear about that, and sometimes it’s things that I don’t want to hear. Hard to hear,’ Stiller said of how his daughter held him accountable for not being there enough during her younger years; family photos in February 2016

The show stars Adam Scott, Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, Jen Tullock, Dichen Lachman, Michael Chernus, as well as more veteran names like John Turturro, Christopher Walken, and Patricia Arquette.

The thriller is set at the mysterious company Lumen Industries, where workers on a particular floor may decide to undergo a ‘severance’ procedure to turn ‘work/life balance’ into reality and cut off the two categories.

‘It’s possible to go to work and forget about everything in your life. Do your thing, go out, and then forget everything that happened at work. Questions that ask why we are doing the work we do – why do we take the time in our lives to get busy with ourselves and what it all means to be – those bigger questions are addressed in the show’s metaphor, ‘stiller reveals the premise of severance in an interview with NY Post Office.

Top: For his latest project, Stiller will stay behind the camera as the director of the horror series Severance, which premieres on Apple TV+ February 18