'American Pie' was a big movie for me. No one knew it at the time, but it allowed me to be offered such movies as 'Like Mike' and 'New York Minute' with the Olsen twins, |
[Do they, uh, have actual love scenes?] We have one kissing scene, and I'm glad there aren't more because it makes my life better at home, ... Each day, my own wife would say at the end of the day, 'So Eugene, how is your new wife Carmen doing?' |
[Pushing The Man in the wake of Katrina is] one of the more difficult things I've had to do, ... We've had to go out and we have to talk about this thing. We have to try and be positive about the movie ... But, at the same time, it seems like the most bizarre thing in the world to do. |
A Mighty Wind. |
And I'm doing a pilot for TV Land, called 'I Did Not Know That.' It's co-produced by Paul Reiser. |
And we find people who can improvise in character and create a character that is totally tangible and real and still get laughs, but you're getting laughs totally within the confines of your character. |
At the end of the day, the numbers that we're hearing are not going to be totally correct or not correct at all. |
Detroit is still seen as the tough city, a city that has a reputation for high crime, ... The tough city thing is fine. It's always had a reputation as that. ... You know, Gordie Howe, when I was watching hockey, was the toughest guy in the league playing for the Red Wings. He represented that tough aura. |
He called me one day in Toronto. My wife and I had moved back from Los Angeles after the kids were born [they have a son and a daughter], and I knew who he was and was a big fan of his work, going back to his National Lampoon days. And he said: 'I'm doing a movie. Do you want to write it with me?' And so I went down to his place in Idaho and from day one, it was amazing how we clicked. These films are great ensemble pieces with people who are so adept at doing this kind of work. |
He just likes to have a good time. He's a storyteller. When they would yell cut, he would just break and go off on another story, trying to get some laughs. |
He's a delightful guy and so unlike his onscreen persona, |
He's played with Tiger, OK? ... He's a good golfer. I'm a hacker. I think he just gets a good chuckle out of watching me play. |
I am the common man, ... I'm polite, I love my family and I play by the rules. And sometimes I get pushed around. That's my lifestyle, and that's what I try to bring to characters. |
I am used to popping in, doing my thing, then getting out very cleanly and hitting the golf course, |
I can't remember the last time I played a bad guy, so that was kind of an appeal. |