I've Known Alan Zweibel Since 1975, And

Tv's Great. I Think The Best Stuff Is Happening On Television.

Most People Are In Marriages, And There Are Very Few Movies Made About What It Really Is Like To Be Married For A Length Of Time. You Always Show The Romantic Part And All That. Or The Divorce, And The Horrible Split, And The Guy's Having An Affair, Or She's Having An Affair, And They're Going To Get Split Up, Whatever. But Very Few People Just Look At What Actually Happens In A Marriage.

This Is About The Daily Ins And Outs Of A Marriage. I Don't Want To Give Away The Ending, But They Are Trying Either To Make The Marriage Work Or Make The Separation Work. Our Job Is To Make That Interesting.

Everybody Talks About Wanting To Change Things And Help And Fix, But Ultimately All You Can Do Is Fix Yourself. And That's A Lot. Because If You Can Fix Yourself, It Has A Ripple Effect.

Albert [brooks] Was Rare In That He Could Make Adults Laugh. He Was A Prodigy. At Age 15 And 16, He Could Make My Dad Laugh Uncontrollably. And Whenever We Had Parties, Some Of The Funniest People Of My Generation - Whether It Was Billy Crystal Or Robin Williams Or John Belushi - Would Be Doing Shtick.