In the history of life, no good news has followed that sentence ["We have to talk."].

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

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

In the original draft I was 27 and Peter was 55 in the script. That's not the same as a guy in his 40s and a dad in the end of his 70s. It's a different point in both our lives.

Middle names are kind of like vice presidents: It's a fine distinction and certainly an honor, but you're never not aware that someone else got the real job.

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

Younger kids, they understand that things aren't so perfect with their father or with their mother.