Overview

• Stiller has publicly said he "f***** up" as a father, acknowledging he often prioritized work over being present for daughter Ella, 23, and son Quinlin, 20.
• He recalls telling a young Quinn he had to leave for months to film Night at the Museum 3 in Canada and hearing, "I wish you could stay home."
• He describes the couple’s 2017–2020 separation as painful yet "possibly the best thing" for his relationship with Christine Taylor and for their parenting.
• In the film, he tells Ella that cutting her brief role from The Secret Life of Walter Mitty was "probably the worst decision" of his life, which he links to perfectionism.
• Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost premiered Oct. 5 at the New York Film Festival and opens in select theaters Oct. 17 before streaming on Apple TV+ Oct. 24.