The Hudsucker Proxy
He was offered the role of Lou Breeze in their next film "Barton Fink" (1991), in a role which was written especially for him. Again he turned down the Coens offer saying he wanted to play the part of movie producer Jack Lipnick. Actress Frances McDormand persuaded him to take the role saying it would change his career. He later appeared in "The Hudsucker Proxy" (1994) as an eccentric businessman, "The Big Lebowski" (1998) as a private detective and finally in 2001 as a flirtatious salesman in "The Man Who Wasn't There".