Noah Baumbach Quotes

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• It's nice being friends over a period of time with people whose music you like so much, or other filmmakers, seeing people change, go through…
• There are the people who overthink making mix CDs and playlists, and how that works generationally is all really interesting to me.
• Truffaut loved Hitchcock.
• When I was a kid, I would fantasize about my own funeral.
• You can be aware that something is idiosyncratic, and give it to a character, but keep doing it.
• When I start a movie, there will be certain films that I watch again just because the vibe seems right.
• I made two movies very young, and then I had trouble getting a movie made, and so - which was both, I think, a plus…
• We expect forty-year-olds to have grown up at some point, and to be engaged and adult and take responsibility, and doing nothing would seem to…
• Defining yourself by your taste is easier than defining yourself by any genuine stance on something.
• I think all my movies are about transitions to some degree.
• I do like having books on my shelves. I do value that life.
• I always viewed life as material for a movie.
• Being articulate, my parents could make anything sound reasonable.
• The real achievement of Woody Allen was that he was making movies that felt very personal, and for a whole group of people, it spoke…
• I like the way corduroys feel. I like the sort of jean aspect of corduroys, but also the texture of them. They probably remind me…
• I like shooting in New York because I have such a connection to the city. I have so many memories there.
• Many of the crew members I work with and continue to work with were friends or have become close friends, and so we keep working…
• Wes Anderson grew up in Houston, and he and I talk about Manhattan in similar ways, as a kind of fantasy world.
• Peter Bogdanovich is a good friend.
• Being funny, in some ways, is about being connected to psychology.

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