Noah Baumbach Quotes

Author Image

Noah Baumbach

Profession : Writer

Birth : September 3, 1969

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

Noah Baumbach

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

Noah Baumbach

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

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

Noah Baumbach

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

'The Squid and the Whale' I shot in 23 days. I would have loved more time for it at the time, but in some ways that kind of kamikaze way of shooting was right for that movie.

Noah Baumbach

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

Noah Baumbach

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

Noah Baumbach

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

Noah Baumbach

When you find yourself on the Internet when you're supposed to be writing, you've already lost. It's even beyond procrastination when you end up on the Internet.

Noah Baumbach

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

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

Noah Baumbach

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

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

Noah Baumbach

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

Noah Baumbach

I graduated in '91, so the '90s for me were very much the first years out of school, so I can't really look at that decade as independent of my own experience of my 20s, really.

Noah Baumbach

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

I've always felt some kind of connection to people who are kind of over-smart. People who over-think things to the point of some sort of paralysis, and I think that certainly can be me on any given day.

Noah Baumbach

Will Ferrell's made a lot of brilliant movies.

Noah Baumbach

Friends of friends had bands in college or in their early 20s and had a moment where they had some kind of interest from a record label or manager. It's always interesting how people handle those decisions and those moments.

Noah Baumbach