Everyone said, “Oh, it’s really green,” and I thought, “I get it. When we went and shot the film from mid-June to mid-July, we had uncharacteristically stunning weather and everybody said, “We don’t ever get this.” It made me think, “I don’t know what you guys are talking about with the melancholy – it’s beautiful.” Everything I had hoped to find was there, starting with the vibrant colors. But not to worry – the film is definitely a comedy. There’s something in Irish literature and theater and rainy, wintry months that just speaks to me. I think what I love about Ireland is its combination of open-hearted friendliness and inherent melancholy. I had been there years ago and loved it, and something about the place always pulled me back, so much so that I had to write a movie that would allow me to go there again. I wrote the movie because I wanted to go back to Ireland. I just spent the summer in Ireland because I was making a movie there called The Problem with People. Below, comedian, actor and writer Paul Reiser – who is currently having a renaissance with major roles in Stranger Things, The Boys and The Kominsky Method, not to mention the upcoming comedy series Reboot and his new movie The Problem with People – shares some of the things that have enriched his life in recent months. Three Great Things is Talkhouse’s series in which artists tell us about three things they absolutely love. Over the course of his career, Reiser has received multiple Emmys, Golden Globes, American Comedy Awards and Screen Actors Guild nominations. His subsequent books, Babyhood and Familyhood, were best sellers as well. Reiser’s first book, Couplehood, sold over two million copies and was #1 on The New York Times bestsellers list. The veteran actor has garnered praise for notable performances in films such as Diner, Bye Bye Love, Aliens, One Night At McCool’s, the first two Beverly Hills Cop movies and The Thing About My Folks, which Reiser wrote for his co-star Peter Falk. He’s also upcoming in the sitcom-themed comedy series Reboot (which premieres September 20), opposite Keegan-Michael Key, Johnny Knoxville and Judy Greer and recently revived one of his most iconic roles in Mad About You, the long-running hit ’90s comedy Reiser co-created and starred in with Helen Hunt. Reiser joined Season 3 of the Emmy-nominated The Boys, playing The Legend. Sam Owens, a role created by the Duffer Brothers specifically for him, and Chuck Lorre’s The Kominsky Method, for which he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. Comedian, actor, television writer, author and musician Paul Reiser currently stars in Stranger Things, as Dr.
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