Field 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 devastated; I…

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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...

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...

We had the boy's name picked out, but we didn't have a girl's. When he...

We had the boy's name picked out, but we didn't have a girl's. When he...

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.

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.

We made this movie for $17, and nobody got anything. So it never dawned on...

We made this movie for $17, and nobody got anything. So it never dawned on...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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....

But you get past that and realize you have to let go of what you...

But you get past that and realize you have to let go of what you...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...