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Noah Baumbach quotes: I think anxiety is dangerous, but it makes you think it's your friend.

I think anxiety is dangerous, but it makes you think it's your friend.

Noah Baumbach quotes: I think I've always been drawn to the notion of talk as cinematic.

I think I've always been drawn to the notion of talk as cinematic.

Noah Baumbach quotes: I find a lot of writing happens when you're not actually at the computer. So I carry a notebook.

I find a lot of writing happens when you're not actually at the computer. So I carry a notebook.

Noah Baumbach quotes: There is an isolated experience to being a director. It's very communal because there's a crew, but it's only you. You're the one on the hook.

There is an isolated experience to being a director. It's very communal because there's a crew, but it's only you. You're the one on the hook.

Noah Baumbach quotes: When I was a kid, I would fantasize about my own funeral.

When I was a kid, I would fantasize about my own funeral.

Noah Baumbach quotes: A lot of black-and-white films generally have a color version that will be used for TV.

A lot of black-and-white films generally have a color version that will be used for TV.

Noah Baumbach quotes: With 'Greenberg,' I wanted to make a movie about Los Angeles ... my great love for it and also the way that I felt not at home and alienated there.

With 'Greenberg,' I wanted to make a movie about Los Angeles ... my great love for it and also the way that I felt not at home and alienated there.

Noah Baumbach quotes: I didn't train in directing; I talk to actors the way I talk to anybody.

I didn't train in directing; I talk to actors the way I talk to anybody.

Noah Baumbach quotes: A film set becomes its own family anyway, and all family dynamics come out during a shoot. The trick is hiring people who know how to handle that.

A film set becomes its own family anyway, and all family dynamics come out during a shoot. The trick is hiring people who know how to handle that.

Noah Baumbach quotes: I'm interested in music as an extension of character.

I'm interested in music as an extension of character.

Noah Baumbach quotes: I'm a huge proponent of therapy and analysis, but it's something that, in a nonprofessional way, can be abused.

I'm a huge proponent of therapy and analysis, but it's something that, in a nonprofessional way, can be abused.

Noah Baumbach quotes: It's kind of major, learning to drive. I feel like it kicked up other stuff in my life.

It's kind of major, learning to drive. I feel like it kicked up other stuff in my life.

Noah Baumbach quotes: I always viewed life as material for a movie.

I always viewed life as material for a movie.

Noah Baumbach quotes: There's always some generational-guys-hanging-out movie that is made every few years, I think, and some of them are great.

There's always some generational-guys-hanging-out movie that is made every few years, I think, and some of them are great.

Noah Baumbach quotes: Wes Anderson's films, 6-year-olds are crazy about them.

Wes Anderson's films, 6-year-olds are crazy about them.

Noah Baumbach quotes: Being funny, in some ways, is about being connected to psychology.

Being funny, in some ways, is about being connected to psychology.

Noah Baumbach quotes: Defining yourself by your taste is easier than defining yourself by any genuine stance on something.

Defining yourself by your taste is easier than defining yourself by any genuine stance on something.

Noah Baumbach quotes: I do like having books on my shelves. I do value that life.

I do like having books on my shelves. I do value that life.

Noah Baumbach quotes: I'm good with a grill. I like to make cheeseburgers - I once read in a David Goodis crime novel that you're only supposed to flip a burger once.

I'm good with a grill. I like to make cheeseburgers - I once read in a David Goodis crime novel that you're only supposed to flip a burger once.

Noah Baumbach quotes: It's nice being friends over a period of time with people whose music you like so much, or other filmmakers, seeing people change, go through trials.

It's nice being friends over a period of time with people whose music you like so much, or other filmmakers, seeing people change, go through trials.

Noah Baumbach quotes: It's going to start really interfering with your quality of life, your health, if you don't adjust to life as it's happening to you.

It's going to start really interfering with your quality of life, your health, if you don't adjust to life as it's happening to you.

Noah Baumbach quotes: Wes Anderson grew up in Houston, and he and I talk about Manhattan in similar ways, as a kind of fantasy world.

Wes Anderson grew up in Houston, and he and I talk about Manhattan in similar ways, as a kind of fantasy world.

Noah Baumbach quotes: I've had times in my life when I really haven't been able to figure myself out.

I've had times in my life when I really haven't been able to figure myself out.

Noah Baumbach quotes: Even fairly serious moviegoers can't shake this shadow of the corporate world.

Even fairly serious moviegoers can't shake this shadow of the corporate world.

Noah Baumbach quotes: I think I was going through a lot of change at 27, but I didn't know it was happening until it was over.

I think I was going through a lot of change at 27, but I didn't know it was happening until it was over.

Noah Baumbach quotes: I'm sure I've said some pretty bad pick-up lines.

I'm sure I've said some pretty bad pick-up lines.

Noah Baumbach quotes: When I start a movie, there will be certain films that I watch again just because the vibe seems right.

When I start a movie, there will be certain films that I watch again just because the vibe seems right.

Noah Baumbach quotes: I live in Manhattan now, because, in a way, it was my fantasy.

I live in Manhattan now, because, in a way, it was my fantasy.

Noah Baumbach quotes: Dance is a profession with an expiration date for many people.

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

Noah Baumbach quotes: I've always liked working with friends or, you know, people I have outside relationships with.

I've always liked working with friends or, you know, people I have outside relationships with.

Noah Baumbach quotes: I love black-and-white movies that are about contemporary subjects.

I love black-and-white movies that are about contemporary subjects.

Noah Baumbach quotes: That's the nice thing about collaborating with someone: Your work becomes a conversation.

That's the nice thing about collaborating with someone: Your work becomes a conversation.

Noah Baumbach quotes: Other people have worked with big studios and maintained control over their movies. I see no reason why it wouldn't work for me.

Other people have worked with big studios and maintained control over their movies. I see no reason why it wouldn't work for me.

Noah Baumbach quotes: I read all the time. Sometimes I get asked if I've thought about writing a novel.

I read all the time. Sometimes I get asked if I've thought about writing a novel.

Noah Baumbach quotes: I like shooting in New York because I have such a connection to the city. I have so many memories there.

I like shooting in New York because I have such a connection to the city. I have so many memories there.

Noah Baumbach quotes: I don't agree with the idea that my characters are unlikeable.

I don't agree with the idea that my characters are unlikeable.

Noah Baumbach quotes: It's near impossible to make a movie in black and white in the system.

It's near impossible to make a movie in black and white in the system.

Noah Baumbach quotes: I grew up in the heat of '70s postmodern fiction and post-Godard films, and there was this idea that what mattered was the theory or meta in art.

I grew up in the heat of '70s postmodern fiction and post-Godard films, and there was this idea that what mattered was the theory or meta in art.

Noah Baumbach quotes: Truffaut loved Hitchcock.

Truffaut loved Hitchcock.

Noah Baumbach quotes: I think all my movies are about transitions to some degree.

I think all my movies are about transitions to some degree.

Noah Baumbach quotes: I'm curious how people build up the codes that they live their life by, and how they come to think that that's the best way for them to function.

I'm curious how people build up the codes that they live their life by, and how they come to think that that's the best way for them to function.

Noah Baumbach quotes: I've had great experiences or joyful experiences making a movie that people found very disturbing.

I've had great experiences or joyful experiences making a movie that people found very disturbing.

Noah Baumbach quotes: It's always really special to be at the New York Film Festival, and always a real privilege.

It's always really special to be at the New York Film Festival, and always a real privilege.

Noah Baumbach quotes: I'm always looking for overlooked post-Dylan singer-songwriter records from the '70s.

I'm always looking for overlooked post-Dylan singer-songwriter records from the '70s.

Noah Baumbach quotes: 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.

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.

Noah Baumbach quotes: My dad was a great movie companion. He wouldn't diminish 'The Jerk.' If I liked it, he liked it. He could see it through my eyes.

My dad was a great movie companion. He wouldn't diminish 'The Jerk.' If I liked it, he liked it. He could see it through my eyes.

Noah Baumbach quotes: You can be aware that something is idiosyncratic, and give it to a character, but keep doing it.

You can be aware that something is idiosyncratic, and give it to a character, but keep doing it.

Noah Baumbach quotes: Being articulate, my parents could make anything sound reasonable.

Being articulate, my parents could make anything sound reasonable.

Noah Baumbach quotes: I kind of live like a writer. I get up and I write. I've done that my whole life.

I kind of live like a writer. I get up and I write. I've done that my whole life.

Noah Baumbach quotes: Anyone who's putting money into your movie would always rather you cast well-known people.

Anyone who's putting money into your movie would always rather you cast well-known people.

Noah Baumbach quotes: 'Frances Ha' is the closest final product to what I had in my head of any movie I've made. I'm not entirely even sure why that is.

'Frances Ha' is the closest final product to what I had in my head of any movie I've made. I'm not entirely even sure why that is.

Noah Baumbach quotes: I like having associations with locations beyond their meaning for the specific movie.

I like having associations with locations beyond their meaning for the specific movie.

Noah Baumbach quotes: There's something really vulnerable about playing something that you like for someone. You don't know what their reaction will be.

There's something really vulnerable about playing something that you like for someone. You don't know what their reaction will be.

Noah Baumbach quotes: There are the people who overthink making mix CDs and playlists, and how that works generationally is all really interesting to me.

There are the people who overthink making mix CDs and playlists, and how that works generationally is all really interesting to me.

Noah Baumbach quotes: Will Ferrell's made a lot of brilliant movies.

Will Ferrell's made a lot of brilliant movies.

Noah Baumbach quotes: I think if we taped a lot of families that claim to be relatively normal, you'd be surprised when you hear some of the things said.

I think if we taped a lot of families that claim to be relatively normal, you'd be surprised when you hear some of the things said.

Noah Baumbach quotes: How you start the movie is critical. And how often you feel that there's no reason for how it's starting.

How you start the movie is critical. And how often you feel that there's no reason for how it's starting.

Noah Baumbach quotes: Manhattan is so tailored. It's driven by appealing to the very wealthy and tourists.

Manhattan is so tailored. It's driven by appealing to the very wealthy and tourists.

Noah Baumbach quotes: I watch movies all the time, so it's hard to pick certain specific directors that have inspired me in the aggregate.

I watch movies all the time, so it's hard to pick certain specific directors that have inspired me in the aggregate.

Noah Baumbach quotes: I wouldn't say 'Frances Ha' is autobiographical, but it's definitely very personal.

I wouldn't say 'Frances Ha' is autobiographical, but it's definitely very personal.

Noah Baumbach quotes: Peter Bogdanovich is a good friend.

Peter Bogdanovich is a good friend.