People who loved that episode felt so happy that you had directed it.AMY HECKERLING:Thats really nice.
That was such an iconic theme in the 80s.
There wasVice VersaandLike Father, Like Sonand18 AgainandBigand also before those,Freaky Friday.
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Not that it happened to anyone I know in the 80s.
Not that I know of.
Did you rewatch all those body switch movies?Oh yeah, all of them.
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Theres things I love in all of them and there are things that are so lame.
But its an amazing way to examine your opinion of actors.
Some actors you might like more when someone else is playing them.
Its not a comedy, butFace/Offis very much like that.
You know they must have had so much fun making it.
And its so much fun for us.
To think, like, Oh, I love Travolta in this scene.
Wait, thats Nic Cage acting like John Travolta.
And then when the boys go on a road trip, its directed by somebody else [laughs].
Which I can totally understand.
But this last season I got to do more stuff with the guys in the cast.
I cant really speak to choosing that song, but I think it works really well.
There was one place in that episode where David is looking at the clock a lot.
I wanted to do something humorous based on that.
I really thought it was funny but apparently it cost too much.
And in addition to great movies, what they have is fluorescent lighting overhead [laughs].
You pull Fellinis812from the shelf at one point and talk about that for a minute.812?
I could talk about it all day.
Listen, I grew up in New York and there was something on TV called the Million Dollar Movie.
So every night theyd show the same movie, five nights in a row and over the weekend.
My parents couldnt believe I could watch the same movie five nights in a row.
Actually, Gilbert Gottfried also did this when he was a kid.
And that was because you wanted it for research on something you were working on next?Yeah.
But Im also highly superstitious because the evil eye will see me and hear me.
What Im working on, Ill tell you, is not exactlyShoah.
ButShoahis a wealth of information.
But back then, you were sort of spoonfed what the data pipe had the rights to.
And that was my way of learning about filmmaking.
How does your experience working in TV compare to the experience of making films?Hmm, its interesting.
Its a very different way to respond to entertainment than it used to be.
And now you have more ownership of what you watch.
And you said: A vagina!
[Laughs] Well, I didnt mean to blurt that out.
So I figured, lets just go there.
Lets just say it how it is.
You have been so honest and thoughtful about the challenges of women in your industry.
Everybody is expected to chime in with a statement, which I guess I understand.
Really, for me, it all comes down to men using their power over vulnerable women.
And theres [abuse] towards kids too.
That really sickens me.
Then it may or may not ever come out or even be seen on a screen.
Theres the Marvel universe, which is wonderful and reliable, but thats a separate entity.
And then a few years later, this same guy was shootingI Love Lucy.
But maybe he wasnt that thrilled to be shooting four people sitting on a couch.
The industry evolves for all of us.
He couldnt show these operatic, surrealistic images onI Love Lucy.
Not yours.Thats very nice to say.
Thats really been fun because Im getting involved in a whole new world.
And, yeah, what else can I say.
Its nice to learn some new st.
