a half-thought on ben stiller [ha'-penny]

No, Ben Stiller isn't the finiest of thespians. His thin range of characters have so little depth that they can be summed up thusly:  

meglomanically evil overachiever

awkwardly anxious dude-next-door

preeningly stupid            

etc.

But! You know, I like him anyway, and if you actually examine Stiller’s repertoire, the precision of his mixing and matching those few descriptors reveals some talent for range. I mean, hey, as Tropic Thunder action star Tugg Speedman, he was a preeningly anxious over-achiever! 

OSCAR.