If a tree falls on your head in a forest and no one hears it, it still hurts.

We have such a long, familiar history with Peter Falk. The minute his mug is on that screen people smile.

When people talk about wanting to have children someday, what they really mean is that they want babies. Nobody wants an angry adolescent. Nobody wants an obnoxious seven-year-old trying to wear out dirty words they just learned in school that day. What they really want is cute, adorable babies who love you and need you. The bad stuff is just the price you agree to pay for having the good stuff.

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

We all hold on to some image of the family we want, based one way or another on the family we had. Lots of people are thrilled about the families they came from, others couldn't get away fast enough. Most people fall into that vast middle ground: great affection mixed with a few ideas for improvement. A couple of things they wish could have perhaps been done differently.

Upstate New York in the middle of October. You can't get more beautiful than that.

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.