I want to explore marriage without the usual Hallmark Card platitudes. Life is difficult, and I like movies that acknowledge that.

Billy Crystal knows how to make people laugh. He's got 30 years on stage... there's no telling him what's funny.

Where's the great pay? Where's the travel? Where's the Winnebago, Goddamnit!

I think satire is a luxury of literate middle-class people. People who are well fed and relatively secure in their beds can laugh at their troubles. They can enjoy sitcoms. For those who aren't quite so lucky, well, the irony might be lost on them.

Just expressing contempt for your leaders doesn't really accomplish anything.

First and foremost, you have to make the movie for yourself. And that's not to say, to hell with everyone else, but what else have you got to go on but your own taste and judgment?

The cutting room is where you discover the optimal length of the movie.