Paul ReiserI'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 me372Politics
Paul ReiserBut 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 … ▶352LifeTime
Paul ReiserThere are two types of people in life - those who get it and those who don't.344HumanityLife
Paul ReiserIn 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 me323ThoughtTruth
Paul ReiserI'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.336Time
Paul ReiserSometimes it works out well, and certain household responsibilities fall naturally to those who like doing them. For example, my wife likes to pack suitcases, I like to unpack the… ▶369Time
Paul ReiserNothing would make me happier if Peter Falk would finally win his Oscar for this. Not just as the writer but as a fan and a friend. It would be so great348Philosophy
Paul ReiserHaving a baby dragged me, kicking and screaming, from the world of self-absorption.284Humanity
Paul ReiserSo where did these cravings come from? I concluded it's the baby ordering in. Prenatal takeout. Even without ever being in a restaurant, fetuses develop remarkably discerning pala… ▶222Reflection
Paul ReiserField 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 dev… ▶277HumanityPoliticsTime
Paul ReiserAnd after you've done the acting, there's a lot of places you can put your input - in the editing, in the production of it, in the rewriting of it and so on233Politics
Paul ReiserEvery time I see Peter Falk in the movie I think that would be great. We'd be fun together256ThoughtTime
Paul ReiserWe have such a long, familiar history with Peter Falk. The minute his mug is on that screen people smile. ✨ Interview with Chris Neumer, www.stumpedmagazine.com.213Humanity
Paul ReiserIt's not like some movies where you're following a bunch of different stories you can cut around. There was nowhere to cut to. It's these guys. We're not cutting back to anybody e… ▶151Truth
Paul ReiserUpstate New York in the middle of October. You can't get more beautiful than that.173Politics
Paul ReiserIn the history of life, no good news has followed that sentence [We have to talk.].239Life
Paul ReiserThe biggest thing I remember is that there was just no transition. You hit the ground diapering.174Love
Paul ReiserBut you get past that and realize you have to let go of what you think you want. There'll be plenty of time for that later. Right now, go and be with that baby. Just play with thi… ▶218ThoughtTime
Paul ReiserBut the two of them together, broke my heart. Olympia and Peter, those scenes... When they're kissing in their 20s and then kissing in their 70s, that's what it is. And they had n… ▶131Love
Paul ReiserAnd 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 differently197Time
Paul ReiserTwo or three times a week, I drive by the houses of numbers 78-100 just to rub it in.186Time
Paul ReiserMarriage is just an elaborate game that allows two selfish people to periodically feel that they're not. ✨ Paul Reiser (2011). Couplehood, p.186, Bantam176Humanity
Paul ReiserPeople often ask me, What's the difference between couplehood and babyhood? In a word? Moisture. Everything in my life is now more moist. Between your spittle, your diapers, your … ▶198HumanityLifeTime
Paul ReiserThere's something that happens in that delivery room, when a woman becomes ten times more a woman, and a guy becomes six times less a man. You feel really dopey and useless and li… ▶157Time
Paul ReiserThe jewel in the baby product crown is the stroller. And if in America you are what you drive, then in Parentland, you are what you push.1710Death
Paul ReiserI remember my wife and I used to get on plane and see everybody else with their babies. They'd be putting strollers and car seats up above, and we'd think: Oh, please Lord, don't … ▶139Thought
