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Paul Reiser Biography

Paul Reiser (born March 30, 1956) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and musician. He is best known for his roles as Michael Taylor in the 1980s sitcom My Two Dads, Paul Buchman in the 1990s TV sitcom Mad About You, Carter Burke in the 1986 film Aliens, and more recently as Doug Getty in the Amazon TV series Red Oaks and as Dr. Sam Owens in the Netflix original series Stranger Things.

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I'd never directed before and this movie's too important to me to put in the hands of some guy who has never directed. Even if it's me

Directed, Guy, Hands, Important

It's not like some movies where you're following a bunch of different stories you can cut around. There was nowhere to cut to. It's these guys. We're not cutting back to anybody else

Cutting, Different, Guy, Movies, Stories

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

Baby, People, Comedy, Babies, Everything

Younger kids, they understand that things aren't so perfect with their father or with their mother.

Father, Kids, Mother, Younger

In the history of life, no good news has followed that sentence ["We have to talk. "].

Dating, Life, News, Romance, Sentence

The first time I tried to put a new diaper on my baby, I yanked the little Velcro strap too jerkily and actually punched the little guy in the jaw. A real solid shot, too. I knew instinctively that this could not be correct. Unless you're specifically trying to raise a welterweight, continual deliverance of powerful uppercuts is not advised when handling newborns.

Baby, Powerful, Punched, Real

Peanut butter and lamb chops were not foods that had ever been a significant part of our life before pregnancy. In fact, my wife almost never ate either. So where did these craving come from? I concluded it's the baby, ordering in.

Baby, Pregnancy, Wife, Part, Chops

We have such a long, familiar history with Peter Falk. The minute his mug is on that screen people smile

History, Long, People, Peter, Screen, Smile

Get a good dog. We have not picked up food in the kitchen in 15 years.

Dog, Food, Kitchen, Picked, Years

And after you've done the acting, there's a lot of places you can put your input - in the editing, in the production of it, in the rewriting of it and so on

Acting, Done, Editing, Input

And in that time, I lost my dad and had kids of my own. It was like, OK, I get it now. I know what fatherhood is all about. And you look at your parents differently

Dad, Fatherhood, Kids, Lost, Parent

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

Comedy, Helen, Kind, Reminds

From the minute we're born, boys and girls stare at each other, trying to figure out if they like what they see. Like parade lines, passing each other for mutual inspection. You march, you look. You march, you look. If you're interested, you stop and talk, and if it doesn't work out, you just get back in the parade. You keep marching, and you keep looking.

Born, Boys, Dating, Girl, Keep, Stop

Marriage is just an elaborate game that allows two selfish people to periodically feel that they're not.

Selfish, Games, Two, Elaborate, Marriage

A friend told me to listen to my heart. Another friend told me to listen to my gut. Maybe I need an autopsy, because right now my colon is kind of iffy.

Heart, Kind, Listen, Needs, Told

Sometimes it works out well, and certain household responsibilities fall naturally to those who like doing them. For example, my wife likes to pack suitcases, I like to unpack them. My wife likes to buy groceries, I like to put them away. I do. I like the handling and discovering, and the location assignments. Cans - over there. Fruit - over there. Bananas - not so fast. You go over here. When you learn not to go bad so quickly, then you can stay with the rest of your friends.

Fall, Responsibility, Work Out, Wife, Fast, Stay

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

Baby, Self, Kicking, World, Screaming

But at the same time that the experience is pulling you apart, it's also bonding you. You have this joint venture! You both made this baby. And that's the thing I still can't get over

Baby, Joint, Joints, Same, Venture

My parenting style could be described as not good cop or bad cop so much as nervous cop. I'm always yelling for somebody to stop because they're about to get hurt. I'm the take a jacket, slow down guy.

Hurt, Yelling, Guy, Jacket, Stop, Nervous

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

Diapering, Funny, Hit, Inspirational, Remember, Transition

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