One of the funniest lines Dr. Peter Venkman delivers in "Ghostbusters" almost didn't make the film.
DANA BARRETT: [as THE GATEKEEPER]
I want you inside me.
DR. PETER VENKMAN: [referring to her radical change in personality]
Go ahead! No, I can't. It sounds like you've got at least two people in there already. Might be a little crowded.
Bill was adamant that the scene's momentum was building to that one line. So Murray personally called the lawyer at Standards and Practices to lobby to keep the line in the film. Bill, ever the persuader, managed to make the S&P lawyer laugh, and the line was reinstated.