Rob Reiner Quotes

Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect.

I like writing because you can make things happen and turn out the way they never do in real life.

If you have tapped into something that is real for you, chances are you are going to tap into something that is real for someone else.

The idea of playing a part where I get to wear a completely undetectable hairpiece... you can't walk away from that.

The problem we have right now in Washington is we don't have the face of a leader.

With the films I've done, I've written on them, I've acted in some of them. And even ones I haven't acted in, I've acted them out just to be sure another actor can do them.

I hate those movies where hundreds of people get blown up and there are jokes afterward. They poison the soul.

Pretty much anything you laughed at in the second half of the 20th century can be traced back to Your Show Of Shows.

Every single person in jail for a violent crime had a nightmare childhood.

Something is wrong here, and it's more than easy access to guns or violence on TV. It's about lack of love and attachment to loving people early in life.

I know how sobering and exhausting parenthood is. But the reality is that our children's future depends on us as parents. Because we know that the first years truly last forever.

I'm a huge fan of Jonathan Winters. He's influenced everyone who's ever done improvisational comedy. You look to Jonathan Winters for inspiration. He paved the way.

I was already interested in directing when I was very young. I knew that was something I was going to be doing.

I was certainly a child of the '60s, and I came out of that era, and as a young actor, I got cast as a lot of counterculture hippie types.

I think for every parent, they know their kids better than anybody else, and they have to just trust their own instincts.

I think Jews are the smartest people in the world

I've known Alan Zweibel since 1975, and I've always had this sneaking suspicion that he might possess a sense of humor. After reading CLOTHING OPTIONAL, I'm almost sure he does.

We agreed that we cannot let personal political attacks get in the way of doing the very best we can for California's children.

Usually I don't like to act in movies that I direct because it's kind of confusing.

I decided to not just be about protesting or speaking out against certain things, but actually trying to get things done. That has been tremendously fulfilling for me.

Anytime a movie lasts, it's really a thrill. I mean, that people can still pick up on it, and still enjoy it, that makes you feel great.

I was also a congressman. I had decided to run for office and had become a congressman with Queen Latifah.

I love working with my dad, but I need to be independent and do my own stuff.

For me, the only type of guilty pleasure fun that I have in terms of my career is I act once in awhile. And I don't have any responsibility.

It gives you more freedom, the digital camera.

I love thrillers. I've never made them, but I would say a really good thriller is my favorite kind of a movie. If I can get a really great thriller, you know.

For me, if I had all the money in the world, and I could finance my own films, I would do whatever.

For the last five, 10 years, you're seeing the best things happen on television.

TV's great. I think the best stuff is happening on television.

If you've ever made up something on the spot and made somebody laugh, you can credit Jonathan Winters with inspiration.

I think there's great stuff on television. I'm hooked on all these shows. I love watching these shows.

As you get older, all those dumb clichés, they're all true. You only have a certain amount of time left, and you should only spend it doing the things that you want to do. It's all true.

I was a kid who was really unhappy with being bussed. I was one of the angry people in the halls.

You never know if anything is going to stand the test of time or going to be successful.

I think I have a finely tuned sense of humor. I think just being around it and growing up in it... my dad and Mel Brooks and Norman Lear. These are the people I grew up around.

People can be ignorant and still have loving, human qualities.

Ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect