At the July 28 New York premiere of The Naked Gun, Anderson and Neeson posed together with their children (she has Brandon, 29, and Dylan, 27, with ex-husband Tommy Lee, and Neeson is a dad to Micheál, 30, and Daniel, 28, with Richardson.)

“Because we’re all fucked. And we need a few giggles,” he told Variety Monday at the movie’s New York City premiere. He delivered the line in the deadpan style of his on-screen persona, Frank Drebin Jr., the biological (and spiritual) heir to Leslie Nielsen’s iconic police lieutenant. The character last graced the big screen in 1994.