A biography for Paul Reiserhasn’t been written yet.
“But you get past that and realize you have to let go of what you think you want. There'll be plenty of time for that later. Right now, go and be with that baby. Just play with this beautiful little boy.”
“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.”
“She kind of reminds one of Helen. There's something very similar about Elizabeth Perkins.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Not only do I sing to him, I sing entire conversations. You become Jerry Lewis.”
“Every time I see Peter Falk in the movie I think that would be great. We'd be fun together.”
“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.”
“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.”
“We have such a long, familiar history with Peter Falk. The minute his mug is on that screen people smile.”