The comedian and Seinfeld star died on May 11 at the age of 92.
“And so I dont ever remember a moment of thinking, Oh, theyre funny.
I remember watching them on stage and seeing them perform and get laughs and do their act.”
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He shares insight into what it was like being their son as they perfected their craft.
“They really both had separate attitudes toward the work, and they both took it very seriously.
So it wasnt really them cracking jokes around the house,” he says.
“My memory is of my mother feeling the stress of it.
My dad really liked to perform and do comedy more than my mom.
“My sister and I were able to be with him.
And so the last week or two were tougher for him.
But he went peacefully, and he had a sense of humor, for sure, until the end.
I hesitate to call it a sense of humor.
He was just funny, and so he was always himself.
Read Stiller’s full interview atThe New Yorker.
