breakup, or a particular year of adolescence. Those emotional associations can become stronger with time. McCarthy, however, experienced the movie as a job performed at a particular stage of his life. He has said that he appreciates what the films mean to viewers even though he does not personally experience intense nostalgia for his own past. The difference allows both perspectives to exist without one invalidating the other.
His personal life also developed far beyond his youthful screen persona. On October 9, 1999, McCarthy married Carol Schneider, with whom he
