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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.

Noah Baumbach

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Noah Baumbach
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 3
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