AMM Insight: Jerry Stiller

Michael Reiss: What advice could you offer on acting?

Jerry Stiller: When you get your five minutes…just say your lines.

Gerald Isaac “Jerry” Stiller is an American comedian and actor. He is perhaps best known for playing Frank Costanza on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld and Arthur Spooner on the CBS comedy series The King of Queens. He spent many years in the comedy team Stiller and Meara with his wife, Anne Meara. They are the parents of actor Ben Stiller, with whom Stiller co-starred in the films Zoolander, Heavyweights, Hot Pursuit, The Heartbreak Kid and Zoolander 2. Stiller is best known for his unique angry, yelling acting style.