Ben Stiller reveals why he became active on social media

For quite a while, Ben Stiller has been active on social media. But he was in the past, and so did many interactions on the internet.

So what changed?

The National Treasure star told Variety, “I find it, actually, really inspiring to be interacting with the audience because we never had that, my generation growing up.”

He continued, “When somebody doesn’t like something, I’ll [still] go back and forth with them sometimes and I find that fun, too, because usually once you start talking to somebody or interacting, something positive can come out of it. It’s also kind of fun. And at the end of the day, I don’t really take it that seriously.”

Besides this, Ben is riding on the success of Severance, where he is the show’s director and executive producer.

In its recent season, a training video of the Lumon was shown, voiced by Keanu Reeves.

However, on an earlier Jimmy Kimmel Show, he revealed that his first choice was former president Barack Obama.

“I didn’t ask him in person. I knew someone that knew his lawyer, and his lawyer said ‘I can relay the request if you write an email,’ so I wrote an email to him.”

He continued, “Like two days later I get an email back from president Barack Obama saying, ‘Hey Ben, big fan of the show, love Season 1, can’t wait for Season 2.”

“Don’t think I have time in my schedule to make this happen.’ And like, come on, what’s more important than doing the voiceover for the animated building in Severance? But it was pretty cool that he responded,” Ben concluded.