The Dialogue An Interview with Screenwriter John Hamburg (2006)

Hamburg wrote and directed the crime comedy Safe Men which played at Sundance and spawned a devoted cult following A surething comedy closer the New York City native built hilarious set pieces and character work into Meet the Parents Zoolander and Meet the Fockers that not only helped lift them to huge box office but also pushed a few new catchphrases into the American lexicon A veteran of the uncredited production rewrite Hamburg also wrote and directed the romantic comedy Along Came Polly in 2004 In this amusing interview Hamburg discusses how he developed his talent for writing actorhooking dialogue in the humorous monologues he performed in college why hed do a thousand test screenings if he could and what its like to hand a new scene to Robert De Niro and stand there waiting to see if he likes it