He said in an interview: "There's this enormous pressure to wrap everything up neatly and to resist things that stray from formula. Anything that suggests complexity in a character makes them unsympathetic in the eyes of some people, and they see that as a great crime." Polygram backed down when their version tested worse than Altman's in a preview.
In an interview, he said: "There is immense pressure to neatly wrap everything up and resist anything that deviates from a formula. Anything that suggests complexity in a character makes them unsympathetic in the eyes of some people, and they see that as a great offense." Polygram backed down when their version was less successful than Altman's in a preview.