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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.
Charlie Kaufman
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Charlie Kaufman
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: November 1
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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 try to present something that is true so I don't further destroy the world with my contribution to it.
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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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I graduated from college in 1980.
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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 do throw out a lot of ideas, and I forget completely about them.
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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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I do a lot of things intuitively. I'm not often consciously aware of what I'm doing. It's like in a dream: There's something going on that's powerful but you don't know exactly why.
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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 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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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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Clementine: This is it, Joel. It's going to be gone soon. Joel: I know. Clementine: What do we do? Joel: Enjoy 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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