The Awful Truth

“This is my favorite film in the entire world. Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Leo McCarey. The Awful Truth. The funniest film. And it’s got this amazing sort of almost improvised quality to it. And it’s just… She’s just a genius of comic timing and freedom. They feel so free. And so often in these films at this period, everything feels a bit tight and stifled and posed, but this feels completely kind of wild. So I really, really, really enjoy that. I’m going to have that.”

“This is one of the great, one of the really great screwball comedies, The Awful Truth. Irene Dunne, Cary Grant. Irene Dunne spells her name the same way as mine, Griffin Dunne. And she was married to a guy named Dr. Griffin. Go figure. It’s about as great as it gets. Leo McCarey. I wish I was in it.”

“Irene Dunne, my grandmother loved Irene Dunne, and I chose The Awful Truth with Irene Dunne and Cary Grant, and screwball comedies have meant everything to me, as you heard. Amazing that I got to choose this.”