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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 lives.
In fact, I had the idea because of Peter Falk. I saw my dad watching a Peter Falk movie and something clicked in my head. I gotta go make a movie for Peter Falk and me.
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.
My Dad was so open creatively that I was off in search of black turtleneck bathing suits with long sleeves.
My mother is Italian and my dad’s Irish. In my family, we’re expressive. Nobody holds back.
My Dad died during the flu epidemic in 1918 when I was 4 years old. He left a lot of classical recordings behind that I began listening to at an early age, so he must have been a music lover.
Well, I am a lot like my dad, and the character of Ted is based on my dad.
Dad was a bus driver, and when he finished work he would repair cars.
When it came to the stylish and graceful art of ballroom dancing, my dad was a king of the clubs, a prowling tiger and a wonderfully natural mover.
Dad said that he was prouder of me than he’d ever been when I came out.