169 Quotes by Paul Reiser

When I did, it was very casual, but I never told him about the project because at best I knew he'd say, 'Great, let me read it' and I'd have to say, 'It's not written yet.' So I didn't say anything,

One time I met him backstage to see him after a performance of a play he was in, ... He grabbed me by the shoulders.

Peter Falk and my father are very much the same.

I got the idea 20 years ago, but have to clarify to people that I wasn't writing that slowly,

He is an undervalued treasure of American cinema, ... What I'm finding as we're traveling around is that everybody loves this guy. He's been so good for so long. I see it in people's faces. Women want to hug him and guys want to give him a pat on the back. I think that's one of the reasons the movie starts off so well. As soon as you see his mug on the screen, people are at ease. They go, 'I know this guy. This is comfortable.'

He's 50 percent Peter Falk, 50 percent my own father,

We made this movie for $17, and nobody got anything. So it never dawned on me that we would get real people.

Guys need a little help in knowing how to care for a kid. It's not that I think: Gee, parenting is beneath me. It's just that I wouldn't think of it.

It changed my perspective. I understood what the father was thinking in making sure that he was providing for his family. I understood what my own father was thinking. It's a better movie now because I waited.