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Charlie Kaufman
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: November 1
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
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New York City
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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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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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I'm interested in trying to explore what I think is the truth at a given time in my life, and part of the process of being honest is - in my mind - talking about the idea that you're watching a movie.
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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'm in my mind a lot. I live there.
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There are nearly thirteen million people in the world. None of those people is an extra. They're all the leads of their own stories. They have to be given their due.
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Every day of your life, you have information that enters your head, and that information informs your understanding of things, or shifts it, or changes it, or deepens it, or confuses you. Every day, every moment of every day - it's like this thing that happens.
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I'm not working on anything. I was trying to write something new . . . I guess the goal for me now, at least at this point, is to try to direct again.
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I can talk endlessly about characters, or why someone did this or that, and what that dynamic and interaction is. I really love it, and I think that actors really respond positively to the fact that I like to talk about that stuff, because I'm not sure that all directors do.
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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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There are things that aren't represented in movies that are a big part of everyone's life. This is a movie about health and about the body.
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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 want to do my own thing, and I'm trying to get closer to realizing that as a filmmaker.
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Seriously, I don't consider myself a writer. I don't think I have writing talent. But I will continue to do it.
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Everything is more complicated than you think. You only see a tenth of what is true.
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I don't write genre stuff in any form. I'm not interested in it. I always try to do the opposite of that.
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Writing is a journey into the unknown.
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I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays.
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Directing was a big learning experience for me because I had to deal with every aspect of everything-all this constant decision-making, with people asking you questions at every moment, and you have to have answers for them all.
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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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