Ron Howard: But a man who is passionate enough to beg, well, that's a character whose story we really want to see.
Michael: Really?
Ron Howard: Plus, I've been dying to figure out a way to do something about the market crash ever since my partner, Brian Grazer, was tipped off that it was three months away from happening.
Michael: What's that?
Ron Howard: But I never had a face to put on it. Until now. You. Your wife is dying. You're trying to hold your family together.
Michael: Oh, gosh, no, no, no. My wife died years before any of this.
Ron Howard: Oh, gee. I think it's a lot more fun if we see her die.
Michael: That is fun.