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You are what you love. Not what loves you.

Charlie Kaufman

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Charlie Kaufman
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: November 1
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Adapting
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Failure is a badge of honor. It means you risked failure. And if you don’t risk failure, you’re never going to do anything that’s different from what you’ve already done or what somebody else has done.
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As a writer, or as a filmmaker, you have to present yourself, and part of what yourself is is what you're interested in, or what you think is funny, or what you think is sad, or what you think is horrible.
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I studied acting at Boston University. I was in the theater department there. Somewhere in there I decided that wasn't what I was going to do and I went to the B.F.A. film program at N.Y.U.
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I have a personality that tends to be somewhat compulsive, and I do tend to think in a circular way. I dwell on the same things over and over and I try to figure out different ways of looking at the same issue.
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I like titles that are a little difficult, because it's kind of counterintuitive.
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You're dealing with the body, and you're dealing with bodily functions. We romanticize everything about people in movies.
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I feel like I want to keep moving toward idiosyncracy. Personal, personal, personal.
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I think if something resonates, even if it's surreal, it's because it is relatable and I think that that's a core issue for me.
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I do have, at different times, a certain kind of self-consciousness in the world, an insecurity.
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I tend to not only read reviews, but also every little stupid thing online. It's a very bad idea, and there's a lot of angry people in the world. And it's weird to absorb all that weirdness.
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We're all one thing, like cells in a body. 'Cept we can't see the body. The way fish can't see the ocean. And so we envy each other. Hurt each other. Hate each other. How silly is that? A heart cell hating a lung cell.
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I'm in my mind a lot. I live there.
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You and I share the same DNA. Is there anything more lonely than that?
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I think everything I do is based on my experience in the world in one way or another.
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I graduated from college in 1980.
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I really don't have any solutions and I don't like movies that do.
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There really is only one ending to any story. Human life ends in death. Until then, it keeps going and gets complicated and there's loss. Everything involves loss every relationship ends in one way or another.
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I try to present something that is true so I don't further destroy the world with my contribution to it.
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The way I work is not the way that you work, and the whole point of any creative act is that. What I have to offer is me, what you have to offer is you, and if you offer yourself with authenticity and generosity I will be moved.
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