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was talking to a friend and she said that her daughters watch The Pink Panther its core is dramatic. You’re just shaving off the
and quote it in the house. I think the films are growing in awareness. funny part.

In the book, you joked about being No. 3 on the call sheet of It’s Complicated. We have to talk a bit about Only Murders.
Is that when you sensed it was time to step aside from movies? Surely the reception must have exceeded your
No, no, it was just a funny moment. The truth is that I’m so much more inter- expectations.

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ested in having a family at home than going to Atlanta for three or four months I knew we liked the idea of delivering stories
and shooting a movie. I also have a TV show, and we’re starting season three in with the premise of podcasters trying to solve
January. My plate is full. a murder. But they got the right people to do

“There’s always a competitive

edge in everything you do. But
you have to remember that
there’s always going to be
somebody better than you, and
there’s room for everybody.”

it with Marty and Selena. I’ve always said that

in order to make five good movies, you have to
make 40 because you never know if something is
(From top, left to right) going to be a hit and people are going to like it.
The Jerk; Planes, Trains I remember when Father of the Bride came out, it
and Automobiles; Dirty kept beating every other movie at the box office.
Rotten Scoundrels; Roxanne; And I thought, Oh, this month it’s my turn.
Parenthood; Only Murders
in the Building
Does it hurt when it’s not your turn?
Not anymore. There’s always a competitive
Is there a film from the edge in everything you do. But you have to
past 15 years that made you remember that there’s always going to be
think, I wish I would have somebody better than you, and there’s room
done that? for everybody. I’m also a musician, and I work
I thought the Quentin with a lot of bands. I always say, “Don’t be
Tarantino film Once Upon jealous of other bands. You’re just going to eat
a Time in Hollywood [from 2019] was fabulous. Brad Pitt was so funny in it. yourself up and waste time and it will get you
There’s a line at the end of the movie when he’s high and he has all the Charles nowhere. So be inclusive and say, ‘Great job.’ ”
Manson murderers in his friend’s house. And he goes, “Oh, this is real.” It takes a while to learn to not take it all so
seriously.
Steve Martin and Quentin Tarantino would have been a killer combination!
Well, I did work with David Mamet in The Spanish Prisoner in 1997. It was a NEW PARADE E-EDITION!
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