Noah Baumbach
Noah Baumbach
Noah Baumbach is an American independent filmmaker. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Squid and the Whaleand is known for making dramatic comedies. Other acclaimed films written and directed by Baumbach include Frances Ha, While We're Young, and Mistress America...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth3 September 1969
CountryUnited States of America
procrastination trying procrastinating
I try to procrastinate, if I can, productively, like I'll work on something else as procrastination. Or I take a walk. Because often I find, if you get out, more things come to you.
new-york growing-up records
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.
watches film certain
When I start a movie, there will be certain films that I watch again just because the vibe seems right.
lines said pick-up-line
I'm sure I've said some pretty bad pick-up lines.
stuff kind feels
It's kind of major, learning to drive. I feel like it kicked up other stuff in my life.
emotional blind-spots people
I guess I'm interested in people who are very sophisticated in intellectual ways, while being completely off the mark in emotional ones, with huge blind spots in terms of their own behavior.
directors watches inspired
I watch movies all the time, so it's hard to pick certain specific directors that have inspired me in the aggregate.
character extensions
I'm interested in music as an extension of character.
good-friend peter
Peter Bogdanovich is a good friend.
able figures havens
I've had times in my life when I really haven't been able to figure myself out.
scene ends uncomfortable
I don't like when you necessarily know that this is the end of the movie. I like when a movie ends abruptly. You go through this, and some of the scenes are uncomfortable, and some are funny - and then suddenly it's over.
france
I wouldn't say 'Frances Ha' is autobiographical, but it's definitely very personal.
sex lying thinking
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.'
people profession
Dance is a profession with an expiration date for many people.