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.
From Noah Baumbach
I think sometimes bad behaviour can be liberating for certain people. They need to behave badly to find themselves - to go off path to find their path. You see it with kids all the time: They're testing boundaries, and I think that's healthy.
I wouldn't say 'Frances Ha' is autobiographical, but it's definitely very personal.
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 don't agree with the idea that my characters are unlikeable.
Woody Allen's movies are so much a part of me. I grew up watching them over and over and would read all his comic pieces for the New Yorker. In some ways, his influence is so much there that I can't even locate it any more.
To this day, I have people I might meet who will make assumptions about my life based on fictional elements of 'The Squid And The Whale.' But I think that's par for the course if you make something that feels kind of real.
I think anxiety is dangerous, but it makes you think it's your friend.
Even fairly serious moviegoers can't shake this shadow of the corporate world.
It's kind of major, learning to drive. I feel like it kicked up other stuff in my life.
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