Noah Baumbach Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

“I'm always interested in how people, myself included, have ideas of themselves, of how they thought they would be, or of how they want to be seen. And the older you get, the world keeps telling you different things about yourself. And how people either adjust to those things and let go of adolescent notions. Or they dig in deeper.”

“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.”

“As a kid, I thought of myself as a funny person who secretly wanted to be serious, but now I think maybe I'm a serious person who secretly wants to be funny.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”