“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.” DifferentEndsGuyComedyOur LivesDadOriginalsScriptsPeter Author:Paul Reiser
“My parenting style could be described as not good cop or bad cop so much as nervous cop. I'm always yelling for somebody to stop because they're about to get hurt. I'm the take a jacket, slow down guy.” GuyHurtStyleNervousCopSlow DownJacketsYellingParenting Styles Author:Paul Reiser
“The first time I tried to put a new diaper on my baby, I yanked the little Velcro strap too jerkily and actually punched the little guy in the jaw. A real solid shot, too. I knew instinctively that this could not be correct. Unless you're specifically trying to raise a welterweight, continual deliverance of powerful uppercuts is not advised when handling newborns.” TryingFirstsLittlesRealGuyPowerfulBabyShotsFirst TimeRaisesDeliveranceMy BabyDiapersVelcro Author:Paul Reiser
“There'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 like a spectator. I did, anyway.” MenFeelsHappensGuyRoomsTenSixUselessSpectatorsDeliveryDopeDelivery Room Author:Paul Reiser
“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” IfsImportantHandsGuyComedy Author:Paul Reiser
“It'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 else” DifferentStoriesGuyComedyCuttingFollowingBunch Author:Paul Reiser
