Ben Stiller is opening up about the mistakes he has made as a father of two. "Like any parent, I remember things that weren't happy about my childhood and go, 'I'll do better,' Stiller, 59, told The Sunday Times in an interview published on Saturday, October 11, of what he learned not to do from his late parents, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. "And then I realized it was impossible to avoid making the mistakes they made," he continued. "I feel like I have a really great relationship with my kids, but it's complicated and has at times been strained. When they were young, I did not get it.