We thought that if he didn't use it at the beginning, it's just not as good a before-and-after picture, you know? 'Cause people do use those words. So we said we better make it as realistic as we can. We better be truthful about it.

Irene. They weren't making out, which is what he wanted to do.

We never thought this would appeal to everyone. And, you know, some people just don't get it. We're making this movie because we think it's funny.

We were really serious about getting Larry David as Larry. He has the hair. But he seems to be doing just fine without us.

The hardest thing in the world about making a movie is to satisfactorily end it. We almost always have a couple of different endings in mind, and it's informative to show the audience the different direction you might have gone.

Eddie? I don't even think about him anymore as a disabled guy. I just think of him as a great character and a funny guy and a good friend. That's how it was with everyone. The barriers broke down.

[The alternates, including one in which the two turn down a cushy job,] just didn't work, ... They were amusing but left the audience a little unsatisfied.