Noah Baumbach

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

It's near impossible to make a movie in black and white in the system.

— Noah Baumbach

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

Many of the crew members I work with and continue to work with were friends or have become close friends, and so…

— Noah Baumbach

Dance is a profession with an expiration date for many people.

— Noah Baumbach

I've run into more people walking in L.A. than if I drove. Because you stand out so much if you walk. People…

— Noah Baumbach

I love black-and-white movies that are about contemporary subjects.

— Noah Baumbach

I'm always looking for overlooked post-Dylan singer-songwriter records from the '70s.

— Noah Baumbach

I think sometimes bad behaviour can be liberating for certain people. They need to behave badly to find themselves - to go…

— Noah Baumbach

I live in Manhattan now, because, in a way, it was my fantasy.

— Noah Baumbach

I really like my first movie a lot, 'Kicking and Screaming.' I think it's a - I'm very pleased and proud of…

— Noah Baumbach

I think if we taped a lot of families that claim to be relatively normal, you'd be surprised when you hear some…

— Noah Baumbach

I do like having books on my shelves. I do value that life.

— Noah Baumbach

When I meet certain filmmakers, sometimes you sit down and you do have some kind of shorthand. It can be fun to…

— Noah Baumbach

Woody Allen's movies are so much a part of me. I grew up watching them over and over and would read all…

— Noah Baumbach

Music is like color or acting or whatever. It's really something I think about from the beginning. Not that I always know…

— Noah Baumbach

I didn't train in directing; I talk to actors the way I talk to anybody.

— Noah Baumbach

I think I was going through a lot of change at 27, but I didn't know it was happening until it was over.

— Noah Baumbach

It's nice being friends over a period of time with people whose music you like so much, or other filmmakers, seeing people…

— Noah Baumbach

I think anxiety is dangerous, but it makes you think it's your friend.

— Noah Baumbach

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

I thought at the time of my parents' divorce that I was upset by deeper, more profound things and I was just…

— Noah Baumbach

I've had times in my life when I really haven't been able to figure myself out.

— Noah Baumbach

There are days when you're in a good groove and the actor really understands the part and comes as prepared every day…

— Noah Baumbach

I made two movies very young, and then I had trouble getting a movie made, and so - which was both, I…

— Noah Baumbach