One of the reasons I make films is to make clear to people that family life is not always going to be a bed of roses. Don’t be upset if you fall out of love, because it’s gonna happen lots of times. Don’t be upset by conflict. The film shows that there is something to a one-on-one relationship, something so beautiful that it is worth all the problems. There is in some ways a greater value to family life, and that is something that hasn’t been said since Andy Hardy. Everything is so negative! No matter how ‘horrible’ the love story was, it really was a love story and not just a chance meeting and a two-second love affair. Nick and Mabel, with all their problems, and they have a million, were more comfortable with each other than they were with anyone else. And when they were alone I don’t know if there were two people who liked and respected each other more than any two people I’ve ever seen.