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Dance is a profession with an expiration date for many people.

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Noah Baumbach
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 3
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
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Brooklyn
New York
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Dance
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I think it's always interesting how music means different things to different people, and people who overthink it are looking to in some ways show off with music, versus people who just respond to a song and decide to sing it.
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I've had times in my life when I really haven't been able to figure myself out.
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I'm interested in music as an extension of character.
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I think sometimes bad behaviour can be liberating for certain people. They need to behave badly to find themselves - to go off path to find their path. You see it with kids all the time: They're testing boundaries, and I think that's healthy.
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I do think it's a very good way to describe what a great actor does. You're both acknowledging the authority of the director and the necessity of the actor to push back and find their own voice.
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Nothing that I've turned down do I feel like I should have done. Because I've generated everything I've done, I've never really considered doing something that I haven't originated myself. There are definitely things that I've been brought that someone else made good movies out of. But it's not a path I've followed, so I don't have regret.
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I guess I probably took New York for granted. Growing up, playing in the street, going down to the Avenue to the record store and to the grocery store and stuff like that.
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I try to write 'and it's all very funny' after each scene description so that the reader can imagine the movie in their head.
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When I was a kid, I would fantasize about my own funeral.
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I really like my first movie a lot, Kicking and Screaming. I think it's a - I'm very pleased and proud of that movie, but it wasn't the - it wasn't Citizen Kane right out of the box, you know? It wasn't Sex, Lies and Videotape.
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I'm always looking for overlooked post-Dylan singer-songwriter records from the '70s.
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Defining yourself by your taste is easier than defining yourself by any genuine stance on something.
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It's always really special to be at the New York Film Festival, and always a real privilege.
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I love black-and-white movies that are about contemporary subjects.
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I'm sure I've said some pretty bad pick-up lines.
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I used a video camera, and shot on film cameras at school and stuff, but I had a lot more training as a writer. I kind of live like a writer. I get up and I write. I've done that my whole life.
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I find a lot of writing happens when you're not actually at the computer. So I carry a notebook.
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Anyone who's putting money into your movie would always rather you cast well-known people.
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Other people have worked with big studios and maintained control over their movies. I see no reason why it wouldn't work for me.
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