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
regret should-have good-movie
Nothing that I've turned down do I feel like I should have done. Because I've generated everything I've done, I've never really considered doing something that I haven't originated myself. There are definitely things that I've been brought that someone else made good movies out of. But it's not a path I've followed, so I don't have regret.
thinking two unhappy
I made two movies very young, and then I had trouble getting a movie made, and so - which was both, I think, a plus and a minus. It was a minus because it made me unhappy.
kids funeral my-own
When I was a kid, I would fantasize about my own funeral.
parent sound reasonable
Being articulate, my parents could make anything sound reasonable.
mean cutting editing
When I'm editing, I tend to cut, go back over it, cut, go back over it, cut, so by the time I'm done, even with a cut, I don't have a rough cut and then work on it so much. I have a pretty rigorous cut of the movie that's usually in the range of what the final movie is going to be. It doesn't mean I don't work on it a lot after that, but I get it into a shape so I feel I can really tell what it needs, or at least it's ready to show people.
change nice people
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
psychology way connected
Being funny, in some ways, is about being connected to psychology.
taste defining genuine
Defining yourself by your taste is easier than defining yourself by any genuine stance on something.
cities people challenges
I like to try to shoot in the city in a way that allows the city to go about its business while we're shooting, and that's always a challenge because unfortunately people on the street don't know not to look in the camera or interact with the actors.
way actors train
I didn't train in directing; I talk to actors the way I talk to anybody.
reason starting feels
How you start the movie is critical. And how often you feel that there's no reason for how it's starting.
book shelves values
I do like having books on my shelves. I do value that life.
memories mean people
I like to have memories of a place. It brings something extra. I'm not even sure what it is. I mean, it's the same part of it as I like using friends in small parts or people I know or my doorman.
writing done kind
I kind of live like a writer. I get up and I write. I've done that my whole life.