I had a lot of fun working with John Candy. We had a pretty good rapport.

The comic impulse is sometimes a reaction to sadness. You feel like you can make one choice or the other.

That's one of the great things about DVD: In addition to reaching people who didn't catch the movie in theaters, you get to have this interaction of sorts.

I'm a writer-director-actor, which I've always kind of enjoyed. I compared it to the Olympic biathlon. "Not only can he cross-country ski, but he's a terrific marksman as well." I want people to say, "You mean that writer performed a tracheotomy?" That's right, I do everything.

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

I've always had that overweening desire to be liked by the audience.

You can't not have feelings about country clubs, whichever side you're on.