I?m from Chicago, my family started a chain of movie theaters in Chicago that were around for 70 years and then one of them became the head of Paramount and the other was the head of production at MGM and… — Bob Balaban Copy Share Image
Maybe I was 7 - I probably am exaggerating a little - and immediately was plunged into the fact that there was an official… — Bob Balaban Copy Share Image
I'm from the Midwest, and I loved my family. I had a very good time as a child, but I was also - I… — Bob Balaban Copy Share Image
My dad was the baby. When he was born they were already successful. They sent him to business school - he probably would have… — Bob Balaban Copy Share Image
If anyone would have been paying serious attention to my puppet shows, I would have been sent to therapy very young. — Bob Balaban Copy Share Image
My family was loving... they were very supportive and very affectionate, and basically I could do what I wanted, and basically it wasn't anything… — Bob Balaban Copy Share Image
And I think being a good director is being able to be completely tyrannical and you?ve got to be an absolute dictator while at… — Bob Balaban Copy Share Image
People so far have been very fond of the Robert Altman movie, as I am, and when one things goes well it shines light… — Bob Balaban Copy Share Image
I was very much in my room with my marionette stage, you know, creating these incredibly boring things that I felt were so fascinating,… — Bob Balaban Copy Share Image
I produced and directed a movie a couple years ago that won some awards that Samuel Goldwyn released called 'The Last Good Time'. I… — Bob Balaban Copy Share Image
I always think that a director who knows about the technical side, but cares about the acting performances and casting as well, is ahead… — Bob Balaban Copy Share Image
I was born on Wellington Avenue and my family that remains lives in the Lake Shore Drive area. — Bob Balaban Copy Share Image
I think some of the special effects in Close Encounters hold up better than the new more expensive special effects is because they were… — Bob Balaban Copy Share Image
I?m from Chicago, my family started a chain of movie theaters in Chicago that were around for 70 years and then one of them… — Bob Balaban Copy Share Image
God, I'd love to do a big commercial movie that made a lot of money and whose plot was interesting too. — Bob Balaban Copy Share Image
