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Noah Baumbach
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 3
Film Director
Film Producer
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Brooklyn
New York
Brilliant
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I think I've always been drawn to the notion of talk as cinematic.
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I wouldn't say 'Frances Ha' is autobiographical, but it's definitely very personal.
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Dance is a profession with an expiration date for many people.
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I'm always looking for overlooked post-Dylan singer-songwriter records from the '70s.
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I think I was going through a lot of change at 27, but I didn't know it was happening until it was over.
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It's kind of major, learning to drive. I feel like it kicked up other stuff in my life.
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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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How you start the movie is critical. And how often you feel that there's no reason for how it's starting.
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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 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 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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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 like having associations with locations beyond their meaning for the specific movie.
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I like to try to keep things as relaxed and easy as possible. I mean, movies generally attract a lot of people who like to cause fires, so they can later try to put them out. But I don't like that kind of thing.
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I love black-and-white movies that are about contemporary subjects.
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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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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 think anxiety is dangerous, but it makes you think it's your friend.
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When I start a movie, there will be certain films that I watch again just because the vibe seems right.
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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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