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> [But obviously as television began, it so undercut movies that he was trying to think of a way to combine seeing these special things, and the fact that people were just captivated by the magic box.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-balaban/but-obviously-as-television-began-it-so-undercut-movies-that-he-was/)

[Bob Balaban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-balaban/)

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## More by Bob Balaban

> [Yes I try to do everything I can not to fail hideously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-balaban/yes-i-try-to-do-everything-i-can-not-to-fail-hideously/)

[Bob Balaban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-balaban/)

> [Maybe I was 7 - I probably am exaggerating a little - and immediately was plunged into the fact that there was an official…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-balaban/maybe-i-was-7-i-probably-am-exaggerating-a-little-and-immediately-was/)

[Bob Balaban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-balaban/)

> [I'm from the Midwest, and I loved my family. I had a very good time as a child, but I was also - I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-balaban/i-m-from-the-midwest-and-i-loved-my-family-i-had-a-very-good-time-as/)

[Bob Balaban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-balaban/)

> [My dad was the baby. When he was born they were already successful. They sent him to business school - he probably would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-balaban/my-dad-was-the-baby-when-he-was-born-they-were-already-successful/)

[Bob Balaban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-balaban/)

> [If anyone would have been paying serious attention to my puppet shows, I would have been sent to therapy very young.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-balaban/if-anyone-would-have-been-paying-serious-attention-to-my-puppet-shows/)

[Bob Balaban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-balaban/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-balaban/my-family-was-loving-they-were-very-supportive-and-very-affectionate/)

[Bob Balaban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-balaban/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-balaban/and-i-think-being-a-good-director-is-being-able-to-be-completely/)

[Bob Balaban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-balaban/)

> [People so far have been very fond of the Robert Altman movie, as I am, and when one things goes well it shines light…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-balaban/people-so-far-have-been-very-fond-of-the-robert-altman-movie-as-i-am/)

[Bob Balaban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-balaban/)

> [I was very much in my room with my marionette stage, you know, creating these incredibly boring things that I felt were so fascinating,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-balaban/i-was-very-much-in-my-room-with-my-marionette-stage-you-know-creating/)

[Bob Balaban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-balaban/)

> [I produced and directed a movie a couple years ago that won some awards that Samuel Goldwyn released called 'The Last Good Time'. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-balaban/i-produced-and-directed-a-movie-a-couple-years-ago-that-won-some/)

[Bob Balaban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-balaban/)

> [I always think that a director who knows about the technical side, but cares about the acting performances and casting as well, is ahead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-balaban/i-always-think-that-a-director-who-knows-about-the-technical-side-but/)

[Bob Balaban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-balaban/)

> [I was born on Wellington Avenue and my family that remains lives in the Lake Shore Drive area.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-balaban/i-was-born-on-wellington-avenue-and-my-family-that-remains-lives-in/)

[Bob Balaban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-balaban/)

> [I think some of the special effects in Close Encounters hold up better than the new more expensive special effects is because they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-balaban/i-think-some-of-the-special-effects-in-close-encounters-hold-up/)

[Bob Balaban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-balaban/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-balaban/i-m-from-chicago-my-family-started-a-chain-of-movie-theaters-in/)

[Bob Balaban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-balaban/)

> [God, I'd love to do a big commercial movie that made a lot of money and whose plot was interesting too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-balaban/god-i-d-love-to-do-a-big-commercial-movie-that-made-a-lot-of-money/)

[Bob Balaban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-balaban/)

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