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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.

Charlie Kaufman

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Charlie Kaufman
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: November 1
Film Director
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I really don't have any solutions and I don't like movies that do.
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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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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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When you approach middle age, lots of stuff happens. Your body is aging, you're watching people around you get sick, you're watching people die, your mortality becomes very present at that point in your life.
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I think that people create the world that they live in. Your existence is very subjective, and you tell stories and organize the world outside of you into these stories to help you understand it.
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Do not simplify. Do not worry about failure. Failure is a badge of honour. It means you risked failure.
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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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The way I write is very much without kind of a goal. I have something I'm interested in and then I decide I'm going to explore it. I don't know where the characters are going to go, I don't know what the movie is going to do or what the screenplay is going to do. For me, that's the way to keep it alive.
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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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I have a background in theater, so I have experience with actors. I like actors - I used to be one.
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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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I do like escapism. I like going to the movies on a Friday night and seeing something fun.
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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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I'm trying to tell a story and do it truthfully.
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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'm in my mind a lot. I live there.
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Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating.
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The world needs you. It doesn't need you at a party having read a book about how to appear smart at parties - these books exist, and they're tempting - but resist falling into that trap. The world needs you at the party starting real conversations, saying, 'I don't know,' and being kind.
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