“That is where the irony of the film comes off, in terms of the language it employs - where he tries desperately to be a 'TV Dad, ' to give advice and it's so pat it becomes ridiculous.”
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These are very subtle things, of course, and I don't expect everyone to pick them up consciously, but I think that there is something there that you must be able to feel, there is an energy at work that I must trust my audience will be able to pick up at some level.
I came up poor. My mother only had a fourth-grade education. My dad didn't have any education at all. But they were very structured. They worked hard. You know, they didn't complain. They didn't murmur. And they believe in the Christ.
You know, no matter what I am or what I do for a living, I'm still, you know, the husband and the dad and the protector of the house, and I have to be conscientious about that.
My father, he was like the rock, the guy you went to with every problem.
