I didn't train in directing; I talk to actors the way I talk to anybody. — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
Wes Anderson grew up in Houston, and he and I talk about Manhattan in similar ways, as a kind of fantasy world. — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
I guess I'm interested in people who are very sophisticated in intellectual ways, while being completely off the mark in emotional ones,… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
'The Squid and the Whale' I shot in 23 days. I would have loved more time for it at the time, but… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
I do think it's a very good way to describe what a great actor does. You're both acknowledging the authority of the… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
I'm interested in the way major events don't necessarily announce themselves as major events. They're often little things - the drip, drip… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
I'm curious how people build up the codes that they live their life by, and how they come to think that that's… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
With 'Greenberg,' I wanted to make a movie about Los Angeles... my great love for it and also the way that I… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
I've definitely been in situations where I could tell someone was interested in me, but I could tell they were insulting me… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
I like to try to shoot in the city in a way that allows the city to go about its business while… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
When I meet certain filmmakers, sometimes you sit down and you do have some kind of shorthand. It can be fun to… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
I'm a huge proponent of therapy and analysis, but it's something that, in a nonprofessional way, can be abused. — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
I like the way corduroys feel. I like the sort of jean aspect of corduroys, but also the texture of them. They… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
I know people who are incredibly successful who still dress the way they did when they were 18, just because they still… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
I think it's always interesting how music means different things to different people, and people who overthink it are looking to in… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It's near impossible to make a movie in black and white in the system. — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
I guess I'm interested in people who are very sophisticated in intellectual ways, while being completely off the mark in emotional ones, with huge… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
Many of the crew members I work with and continue to work with were friends or have become close friends, and so we keep… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
I've run into more people walking in L.A. than if I drove. Because you stand out so much if you walk. People from my… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
I'm always looking for overlooked post-Dylan singer-songwriter records from the '70s. — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
I think sometimes bad behaviour can be liberating for certain people. They need to behave badly to find themselves - to go off path… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
I really like my first movie a lot, 'Kicking and Screaming.' I think it's a - I'm very pleased and proud of that movie,… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
I think if we taped a lot of families that claim to be relatively normal, you'd be surprised when you hear some of the… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
