Charles Shyer Quotes
It was the best experience I've ever had. He is a complete artist and a total gentleman and a real friend.
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We wanted to amplify [Alfie's] philosophizing and we felt it would be better if he were a bit of a stranger in this land. A bit of an outsider. And we thought a European commenting on American culture would be interesting. And put him a little bit as they say, 'A fish out of water' with American women.
- Charles Shyer
To call them emotional comedies sounds cloying. Like Billy Wilder said, 'You want to make them laugh and you want to make them cry,' and it's very hard to do so. If you ground it in reality, you get a more honest comedy. You don't have to reach for jokes to manufacture situations as much. And I think it's a type of film I do best.
- Charles Shyer
