Love & Marriage: Ben Stiller Felt Like He Was 'Failing' During Separation From Wife Christine

Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor open up about their 2017 separation in the new Apple TV documentary Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost, which premieres Oct. 24. “My feeling was like, ‘Oh, I’m failing at this—and look at my parents. They have this incredible 50-plus-year marriage, and I can’t live up to that,’” Stiller, 59, tells Taylor, 54, whom he married in 2000. The film looks back at the relationship between his famous parents—Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara—and draws comparisons to his own marriage.

- ALEXANDRA SCHONFELD

His mom and dad, who died in 2015 and 2020, respectively, took their comedy act around the country. Stiller and Taylor also worked together, first meeting on a TV pilot before playing love interests in 2001’s