Paul Reiser

Marriage is just an elaborate game that allows two selfish people to periodically feel that they're not. ↗

— Paul Reiser

#relationships #marriage

But at the same time that the experience is pulling you apart, it's also bonding you. You have this joint venture! You both made this baby. And that's the thing I still can't get over. ↗

— Paul Reiser

#apart #baby #bonding #both #experience

I'd distract myself until finally it was a combination of things. The show was over and I had time on my hands. I had taken time and played and just relaxed. ↗

— Paul Reiser

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Every time I see Peter Falk in the movie I think that would be great. We'd be fun together. ↗

— Paul Reiser

#every time #falk #fun #great #i

Having a baby dragged me, kicking and screaming, from the world of self-absorption. ↗

— Paul Reiser

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He was born early. But he was born within a safe range of premature. ↗

— Paul Reiser

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But I really felt that, something about the lights going down, and the sense of community. I saw this movie at one festival, and there were 1700 people. ↗

— Paul Reiser

#community #down #felt #festival #going

I'd never directed before and this movie's too important to me to put in the hands of some guy who has never directed. Even if it's me. ↗

— Paul Reiser

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In fact, I had the idea because of Peter Falk. I saw my dad watching a Peter Falk movie and something clicked in my head. I gotta go make a movie for Peter Falk and me. ↗

— Paul Reiser

#clicked #dad #fact #falk #go

And in that time, I lost my dad and had kids of my own. It was like, OK, I get it now. I know what fatherhood is all about. And you look at your parents differently. ↗

— Paul Reiser

#dad #differently #fatherhood #get #had