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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
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Brooklyn
New York
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I'm sure I've said some pretty bad pick-up lines.
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I was late to the Knicks. My dad was a big fan. But I first started watching baseball I became a Red Sox fan. My dad was a Mets fan. I wanted to have my own team and league.
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There was a telemarketing job one summer in high school that I was rejected for. I still walk by the building that I actually had the interview in. It's still in New York, and I always think about that job and why I didn't get 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 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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Anyone who's putting money into your movie would always rather you cast well-known people.
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When I was a kid, I would fantasize about my own funeral.
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When I meet certain filmmakers, sometimes you sit down and you do have some kind of shorthand. It can be fun to see them as someone who has been through similar experiences, but also as someone who just loves film. You can talk with them about films in a way that feels really free.
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Friends of friends had bands in college or in their early 20s and had a moment where they had some kind of interest from a record label or manager. It's always interesting how people handle those decisions and those moments.
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I like having associations with locations beyond their meaning for the specific movie.
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I like shooting in New York because I have such a connection to the city. I have so many memories there.
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I'm always looking for overlooked post-Dylan singer-songwriter records from the '70s.
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