Charlie Kaufman Quotes
Top 66 wise famous quotes and sayings by Charlie Kaufman
Charlie Kaufman Famous Quotes & Sayings
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I've had to deal, a lot, with my own sense of intimidation at meeting famous people - especially actors, but really any famous people.
I think generally I'm kind of interested in subjective experience, what goes on inside someone's head, that being all they really know of the world.
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.
I think dreams are metaphors. Everything you do in writing is metaphorical. So it seems like the same arena to me.
I have a tendency to hire people who tend to be unattractive to the studios. Maybe this is a bad idea.
You're dealing with the body, and you're dealing with bodily functions. We romanticize everything about people in movies.
There are so many people who are making movies now who can't get any kind of distribution, so the market seems like it's flooded.
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.
CLEMENTINE: This is it, Joel. It's going to be gone soon.
JOEL: I know.
CLEMENTINE: What do we do?
JOEL: Enjoy it.
JOEL: I know.
CLEMENTINE: What do we do?
JOEL: Enjoy it.
I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays.
I love working with actors. I love visual things. I always intended to be a writer who directs and a director who writes.
I think if I've worked anything through with screenwriting it's that I'm not going to be able to work anything through.
I try to present something that is true so I don't further destroy the world with my contribution to it.
I want to try it to see what it's like and see what my stuff looks like when I take it from inception to completion.
I do have some theatrical background. I've written plays and seen plays and read plays. But I also read novels. One thing I don't read is screenplays.
What I came to understand is that change is not a choice, not for a species of plant, not for me. It happens, and you are different.
Do not simplify. Do not worry about failure. Failure is a badge of honour. It means you risked failure.
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.
I don't write genre stuff in any form. I'm not interested in it. I always try to do the opposite of that.
My time on the set is the least of my involvement. Most of my time is in pre-production and post-production.
I don't think the world objectively exists the way we think it exists. There's a constant sort of storytelling process.
Clem: Hide me somewhere deeper, somewhere really buried.
Joel: Where?
Clem: Hide me in your humiliation.
Joel: Where?
Clem: Hide me in your humiliation.
Seriously, I don't consider myself a writer. I don't think I have writing talent. But I will continue to do it.
I choose to write characters from the inside because I feel like that's the way I'm gonna get the most honest version of them.
I don't think screenwriting is therapeutic. It's actually really, really hard for me. It's not an enjoyable process.