I always loved comedy, but I never knew it was something you could learn to do. I always thought that some people are born comedians … just like some people are born dentists. – Paul Reiser
Field of Dreams is the only movie – and I saw it in the theater – on an afternoon when I was on location somewhere, and there were like 12 people in the theater. I was just so devastated I couldnt get out of my seat. And I sat and watched it a second time. – Paul Reiser
In the original draft I was 27 and Peter was 55 in the script. Thats not the same as a guy in his 40s and a dad in the end of his 70s. Its a different point in both our lives. – Paul Reiser
I remember my wife and I used to get on plane and see everybody else with their babies. Theyd be putting strollers and car seats up above, and wed think: Oh, please Lord, dont make us go through that. – Paul Reiser
We have such a long, familiar history with Peter Falk. The minute his mug is on that screen people smile. – Paul Reiser
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
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
