Rob Reiner

As you get older, all those dumb clichés, they’re all true. You only have a certain amount of time left, and you should only spend it doing the things that you want to do.

Robert Norman Reiner (March 6, 1947 – December 14, 2025) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and political activist. His father was Carl Reiner.

Quotes

• As you get older, all those dumb clichés, they’re all true. You only have a certain amount of time left, and you should only spend it doing the things that you want to do.
  • "Rob Reiner on his favorite films, and why he changed the ending of 'When Harry Met Sally…'", A.V. Club (September 3, 2016).

• It's not painless – there's a lot of struggle with all the identity stuff you go through. But we were saying you can count on one hand people whose parents achieved at a very high level and whose children also achieved. So it definitely binds us and I think that's why we enjoy working together. Our heads aren't swelled about it.
  • From an interview by Hadley Freeman, as cited in "'I want everyone to be happy': how Rob Reiner became a great director – and a political hero", The Guardian (July 19, 2018).
  • On discussing with Michael Douglas the issues around being the son of a celebrity.

External links

• Rob Reiner at IMDb