Noah Baumbach Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“It's funny, I'm very analytical in my real life, but in terms of my films, I try to not analyze them at all and let things just go into them and let them be what they are. I mean, people ask me to this day what 'The Squid and the Whale' stood for, and I have no idea except that it's an exhibit in the Natural History Museum.”

“Many of the crew members I work with and continue to work with were friends or have become close friends, and so we keep working together. And I like casting friends of mine or people I know in parts I know would be perfect for them. I like to bring things and people that mean something to me in to my work.”

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

“I thought at the time of my parents' divorce that I was upset by deeper, more profound things and I was just taking it out on the joint custody agreement. But that disruption was bad enough. That was a huge deal for a teenager.”

“I grew up in the heat of '70s postmodern fiction and post-Godard films, and there was this idea that what mattered was the theory or meta in art.”

“I think anxiety is dangerous, but it makes you think it's your friend.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Being articulate, my parents could make anything sound reasonable.”

“I love black-and-white movies that are about contemporary subjects.”