If you're playing things sincere in a really absurd, heightened situation, you'll achieve comedy as opposed to just saying funny lines and… — Jeff Baena Copy Share Image
People were always like, 'Oh my God, you're going to be working with your girlfriend? Are you freaking out? Is that going to, like,… — Jeff Baena Copy Share Image
I am interested in all aspects of filmmaking, so I have an opinion on every aspect, so sound design, score, cinematography, editing - all… — Jeff Baena Copy Share Image
When you are a writer, the assist-to-turnover ratio... there are a lot more turnovers than assists. — Jeff Baena Copy Share Image
Having been through breakups when you get back with the person thinking it's going to work the second time - it never does. — Jeff Baena Copy Share Image
Zombies sort of typify this ambiguity, that they're not dead and not alive. — Jeff Baena Copy Share Image
I've been a writer for years, but it was mainly as a function of trying to be a director, so I just got work… — Jeff Baena Copy Share Image
I remember when I was in film school. It was my second year, and some kid did - had this really over-religious symbolism; like,… — Jeff Baena Copy Share Image
My intention was always to direct and writing things just became convenient and happened. — Jeff Baena Copy Share Image
I grew up in suburbia, so it's a world I'm familiar with... but in my experience, all the families that I grew up thinking… — Jeff Baena Copy Share Image
In my mind, if you went back to the Middle Ages, in Italy they'd be speaking Middle Age Italian. And at that point, it… — Jeff Baena Copy Share Image
