But 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 this beautiful little…

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In the original draft I was 27 and Peter was 55 in the script. That's...

In the original draft I was 27 and Peter was 55 in the script. That's...

Field of Dreams is the only movie - and I saw it in the theater...

Field of Dreams is the only movie - and I saw it in the theater...

But I really felt that, something about the lights going down, and the sense of...

But I really felt that, something about the lights going down, and the sense of...

I'd distract myself until finally it was a combination of things. The show was over...

I'd distract myself until finally it was a combination of things. The show was over...

Nothing would make me happier if Peter Falk would finally win his Oscar for this....

Nothing would make me happier if Peter Falk would finally win his Oscar for this....

This is not the most right I've ever been.

This is not the most right I've ever been.

She kind of reminds one of Helen. There's something very similar about Elizabeth Perkins.

She kind of reminds one of Helen. There's something very similar about Elizabeth Perkins.

And in that time, I lost my dad and had kids of my own. It...

And in that time, I lost my dad and had kids of my own. It...

They're not the sharpest people - babies. So, you must be everything to them.

They're not the sharpest people - babies. So, you must be everything to them.

I'd never directed before and this movie's too important to me to put in the...

I'd never directed before and this movie's too important to me to put in the...

But the two of them together, broke my heart. Olympia and Peter, those scenes... When...

But the two of them together, broke my heart. Olympia and Peter, those scenes... When...

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

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

And after you've done the acting, there's a lot of places you can put your...

And after you've done the acting, there's a lot of places you can put your...

But at the same time that the experience is pulling you apart, it's also bonding...

But at the same time that the experience is pulling you apart, it's also bonding...

The biggest thing I remember is that there was just no transition. You hit the...

The biggest thing I remember is that there was just no transition. You hit the...

In fact, I had the idea because of Peter Falk. I saw my dad watching...

In fact, I had the idea because of Peter Falk. I saw my dad watching...

I remember my wife and I used to get on plane and see everybody else...

I remember my wife and I used to get on plane and see everybody else...

There's something that happens in that delivery room, when a woman becomes ten times more...

There's something that happens in that delivery room, when a woman becomes ten times more...

Not only do I sing to him, I sing entire conversations. You become Jerry Lewis.

Not only do I sing to him, I sing entire conversations. You become Jerry Lewis.

Having a baby dragged me, kicking and screaming, from the world of self-absorption.

Having a baby dragged me, kicking and screaming, from the world of self-absorption.