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…

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It's not like some movies where you're following a bunch of different stories you can...

It's not like some movies where you're following a bunch of different stories you can...

Every time I see Peter Falk in the movie I think that would be great....

Every time I see Peter Falk in the movie I think that would be great....

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...

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 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...

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

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

We have such a long, familiar history with Peter Falk. The minute his mug is...

We have such a long, familiar history with Peter Falk. The minute his mug is...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...