Ben Stiller isn’t focking around when it comes to his kids.
The actor admitted that as his and wife Christine Taylor‘s kids Ella Stiller, 24, and Quinlin Stiller, 21, have gotten older, he’s found himself following the path of his now-overbearing Focker In-Law character Greg Focker.
“I always was more of a Greg guy in terms of, I didn’t have a lot of rules and stuff like that,” Stiller exclusively told E! News at the movie’s world premiere on Nov. 11. “But then, as you let them out into the world, they live their lives, you care about them, you see things coming at them, and you want to be protective.
Similar to Greg’s own arc, however, he added, “You try to hold back, too.”
Focker In-Law—premiering in theaters Nov. 25—follows Greg as his now-adult son Henry (Skyler Gisondo) brings home his girlfriend Olivia (Ariana Grande) for the first time. More than 25 years after Greg had to impress his now-wife Pam’s retired CIA agent/veteran dad Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro) in Meet the Parents, the tables have turned.
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