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I really don't have any solutions and I don't like movies that do.

Charlie Kaufman

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Charlie Kaufman
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: November 1
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I'm Jewish, and my family is Jewish. I was very interested in Woody Allen when I was growing up, but I don't think of myself as a Jewish writer. I'm more from suburbia, American suburbia. I'm more from the '70s than I am from Judaism.
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I try to make things interesting and thought-provoking.
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I often have a theme in mind when I'm starting. I know that I want everything to be in a world of, say, evolution, or guilt.
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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 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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Do not simplify. Do not worry about failure. Failure is a badge of honour. It means you risked failure.
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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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When I found myself in that situation - that actors are like children, I tried to be successful. And when it worked and I figured out how to communicate that things were good - or at least okay - then I felt pleased.
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You spend most of your time as a director trying to move forward with the movie. It happens on a daily basis, if not more than once a day, that you are struggling with budgetary constraints. Whereas when you're writing, the limitation that you have is your imagination. So it's decidedly non-pragmatic.
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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 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 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 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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I do like escapism. I like going to the movies on a Friday night and seeing something fun.
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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 do have, at different times, a certain kind of self-consciousness in the world, an insecurity.
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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 graduated from college in 1980.
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I do throw out a lot of ideas, and I forget completely about them.
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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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