My Man Godfrey

“This one happens to be a favorite of my wife Adrian. I hadn't seen My Man Godfrey starring William Powell. Film that's a lot of fun but has a social message as well. What I would call such a tight film; it's not long at all, it tells its story, tells it well, and then the film ends, you know, as films should do when you've told your story, done.”

“This is My Man Godfrey. It's the wonderful Carole Lombard and it's set in the Depression. There's just a lot of fantastic rapid-fire 30s comedy. A lot of the time when I'm trying to direct people, the main piece of direction I give usually is 'do it faster.' Sometimes I say 'do it like 30s comedy, just rapid fire,' because comedy is pace and they knew that. I just love that.”

“There was one here that's a staple of mine I watch often called My Man Godfrey. I love William Powell. For a long time I thought that's a guy I'd like to marry, just a quiet, well-mannered, neat man who drinks himself to sleep.”

“My Man Godfrey. You know, Carole Lombard, the most… God, the most gorgeous… You can’t not fall in love with her. And William Powell, too. The two of them are magnificent. And I don’t know the other actors’ names so well, but… that guy with the big… you know, the scratchy voice is in it who’s fantastic. There’s a guy who does an impression of a monkey in it. And it’s a very funny and also very great, clever plot about the need for help after the Depression.”