Ben Stiller shares why bowling has a 'warm place' in his heart

Hollywood actor Ben Stiller is an accomplished actor, producer and director, but he could use a little more practice when it comes to bowling.

The sport, which is the subject of the five-part series that premiered on March 16, served as an important part of the multi-hyphenate's career, reports PEOPLE magazine.

He told "I've had to bowl in public a couple times, the last time being at the premiere for this show (Born to Bowl) where the guys asked me if I would do the ceremonial first ball and I gutterballed it, of course".

He further mentioned, "The first short film I made that I ended up getting on 'Saturday Night Live' when I was starting out was a takeoff on 'The Color of Money', the Martin Scorsese and Tom Cruise movie about pool that was a sequel to The Hustler that I made with my friends about bowling. So, I have a real warm place in my heart for bowling".





The actor sold his film 'The Hustler of Money' to SNL before joining the cast for a four-episode-long stint in 1989. More than three decades later, Stiller revisits the sport with the docuseries that follows five bowlers on the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour, revealing the realities of life on the road.

He said, "These guys who are the best in the world, the best in the U.S. and what the reality of their lives is, which is pretty much 180 degrees from the reality of these other people who are at the top of their sport".

"It was a little bit shocking to me that these guys have to do what they have to do just to survive on the bowling tour", he added.


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