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"There are very few solid family films. A lot of the writing is awful."
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"Of course, everyone's parents are embarrassing. It goes with the territory. The nature of parents is to embarrass merely by existing, just as it is the nature of children of a certain age to cringe with embarrassment, shame, and mortification should their parents so much as speak to them on the street."

"The arrangements that couples make in order to maintain civility in the midst of their journey to divorce are often most elaborate when the professed top priority is to protect a child."

"No father knows that he is carrying his son up the stairs for the final time."

"All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

"A wise woman protects her kids. A wiser woman hangs out with police officers, retired FBI agents and private investigators."

"Fear is the mother of morality."

"He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly."
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"I just went into this business for laughs. I guess I don't mind being an actor so much now."

"You may have read that I went to M.I.T. In 1982 I filled out a Who's Who survey with joking responses, and they never bothered to check the facts."

"I was always the guy getting kicked out of my classes at school for having an attitude problem."

"I have three daughters. I wanted them to be raised where there are real seasons and where everyone their age wasn't trying to get into movies."

"I tell the person I won't take a picture or sign the autograph, but I will shake their hand. That kind of personal touch is all they're really seeking."

"They can't make any of these talented young actors Fletch. You might as well make a movie called Chevy Chase."

"It's never a good idea for a celebrity to sign autographs or take pictures if a crowd is gathering."

"Once I got married and had kids, I moved away from romantic roles, because it seemed wrong to have my 3-year-old wondering why Daddy was kissing someone else."
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