Stiller: 'I skipped school for museums'

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Ben Stiller has confessed that he used to skip school to visit museums.

Speaking to Metro, the Night At The Museum star said: "I take my daughter to museums whenever I can.

"I love the American Museum of Natural History in New York. I grew up three or four blocks from there and it’s the best one to go to with young kids - it’s just special. When I cut school, I would go there."

He joked: "That tells you what kind of kid I was. Super-cool!"

Stiller's new film Tropic Thunder is currently playing in cinemas.