Can you believe it’s been 10 years since the first “Zoolander” movie was released? Ben Stiller is currently hard at work on the sequel “Zoolander 2,” which will be a follow-up to the lives of male-models Derek Zoolander (Stiller) and Hansel (Owen Wilson). In the 2001 classic, Derek Zoolander was an aging male-model with the signature “Blue Steel” look who was threatened by newcomer Hansel. The two were rivals but quickly became friends when they, along with Time magazine reporter Matilda (Christine Taylor), thwarted a plot by evil fashion-designer Mugatu (Will Ferrell) to brainwash Derek Zoolander into killing the Malaysian prime minister. Stiller said in an interview with Empire Magazine that the sequel will be set in Europe: “It’s basically Derek and Hansel ten years later,” and Mugatu will be returning. For a reminder of how awesomely-funny the classic “Zoolander” is, here are some of its best quotes.
Derek Zoolander:
“Words can only hurt you if you try to read them. Don’t play their game.”
“Just because we have chiseled abs and stunning features, it doesn’t mean that we too can’t not die in a freak, gasoline-fight accident.”
“Now if you’ll excuse me, I have an after-funeral party to attend.”
“You gotta tame the beast before you let it out of its cage.”
“Mer-MAN.”
“I think I’m getting the Black Lung, Pop.”
“I was at a day spa. Day – D.A.I.Y.E.”
“What is this? A center for ANTS?”
Evil fashion designer Mugatu:
“Blue Steel, Ferrari, Le Tigra?”
“I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.”
“I invented the piano key necktie. I invented it!”
“Todd [his assistant], are you not aware that I get farty and bloated with a foamy latte!?”
“As a caterpillar becomes a butterfly, so must you become Derelicte.”
“They’re breakdance fighting”
“Obey my dog!”
Mugatu’s associate Katinka (Milla Jovovich):
“I suggest you and your…(eyes Matilda up and down) Kmart Jaclyn Smith Collection outfit… stay the hell away from Derek Zoolander.”
Hansel:
“Richard Gere’s a real hero of mine.
“Sting would be another person who’s a hero. The music he’s created over the years… I don’t really listen to it, but the fact that he’s making it, I respect that.”
Fashion agent Maury Ballstein (Jerry Stiller):
“It’s a casserole Sheila, it’ll stay.”
Matilda to Katinka:
“By the way, you were wrong about my outfit. It’s the Cheryl Ladd collection – and I got it at JCPenney’s… on sale.”
Male model roommates:
“It’s like, ex-squeeze me, but have you ever heard of styling gel?”
“Earth to Meekus. Duh, OK, I knew that.”
“Orange Mocha Frappuccino!”
