“Meet the Parents was something that I was developing with Steven Spielberg. Yes. I actually created the Fockers in a creative meeting. Yes. But, it was perfect that Ben Stiller did it. When I saw it, I went ‘That’s the way it’s supposed to be done’.”

- Jim Carrey says that although he and Steven Spielberg created ‘Meet the Parents’, and that he was set to play the lead role, both ended up dropping out of the project due to scheduling conflicts.

He adds that no one could have done it better than Ben Stiller, who went on the create the sequel, ‘Meet the Fockers’.

[WENN]