Noah Baumbach quotes - page 2

When you're around your family, and you have that history and that shared language, you say things you'd be embarrassed to hear quoted back to you later. (Noah Baumbach)
I suppose some studio executive would say it's death for a comedy if people aren't all laughing in the same places, but I find with my movies that people laugh in very different places. I can't control it.
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Wes Anderson grew up in Houston, and he and I talk about Manhattan in similar ways, as a kind of fantasy world.
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There are the people who overthink making mix CDs and playlists, and how that works generationally is all really interesting to me.
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Being articulate, my parents could make anything sound reasonable.
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I made two movies very young, and then I had trouble getting a movie made, and so - which was both, I think, a plus and a minus. It was a minus because it made me unhappy.
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You can be aware that something is idiosyncratic, and give it to a character, but keep doing it.
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I do like having books on my shelves. I do value that life.
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I thought at the time of my parents' divorce that I was upset by deeper, more profound things and I was just taking it out on the joint custody agreement. But that disruption was bad enough. That was a huge deal for a teenager.
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Defining yourself by your taste is easier than defining yourself by any genuine stance on something.
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A film set becomes its own family anyway, and all family dynamics come out during a shoot. The trick is hiring people who know how to handle that. (Noah Baumbach)
When I start a movie, there will be certain films that I watch again just because the vibe seems right.
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My dad was a great movie companion. He wouldn't diminish 'The Jerk.' If I liked it, he liked it. He could see it through my eyes.
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Being funny, in some ways, is about being connected to psychology.
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I like to try to shoot in the city in a way that allows the city to go about its business while we're shooting, and that's always a challenge because, unfortunately, people on the street don't know not to look in the camera or interact with the actors.
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I love black-and-white movies that are about contemporary subjects.
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I've had great experiences or joyful experiences making a movie that people found very disturbing.
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I don't agree with the idea that my characters are unlikeable.
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Peter Bogdanovich is a good friend.
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I've always liked working with friends or, you know, people I have outside relationships with.
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There's always some generational-guys-hanging-out movie that is made every few years, I think, and some of them are great. (Noah Baumbach)
There's something really vulnerable about playing something that you like for someone. You don't know what their reaction will be.
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I'm interested in music as an extension of character.
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There was a telemarketing job one summer in high school that I was rejected for. I still walk by the building that I actually had the interview in. It's still in New York, and I always think about that job and why I didn't get it.
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When I was a kid, I would fantasize about my own funeral.
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