We made this movie for $17, and nobody got anything. So it never dawned on me that we would get real people.

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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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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.

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...

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...

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...

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....

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.