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" I read all the time. Sometimes I get asked if I've thought about writing a novel. "

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" We all have these notions of cool that come about at different points in our lives, and it's interesting in how it evolves or doesn't evolve in different people. "

" Anyone who's putting money into your movie would always rather you cast well-known people. "

" I like shooting in New York because I have such a connection to the city. I have so many memories there. "

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

" I was late to the Knicks. My dad was a big fan. But I first started watching baseball; I became a Red Sox fan. My dad was a Mets fan. I wanted to have my own team and league. "

" 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. "

" When I make a movie, I have both a specific and vague, amorphous dream idea of what the movie is going to be. Of course, I don't actually know what it's going to be, but I'm still striving to get to some place with it. "

" There was a telemarketing job one summer in high school that I was rejected for. I still walk by the building that I actually had the interview in. It's still in New York, and I always think about that job and why I didn't get it. "

" Other people have worked with big studios and maintained control over their movies. I see no reason why it wouldn't work for me. "

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

" 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. "

" Will Ferrell's made a lot of brilliant movies. "

" I used to get up and write every day, even if I wasn't working on a specific thing. Now, when I have a thing I'm in the middle of, I do that, but when I'm not, time can go by when I'm not writing at all. "

" It's near impossible to make a movie in black and white in the system. "

Black And White

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

Autobiographical

" I think all my movies are about transitions to some degree. "

" I don't agree with the idea that my characters are unlikeable. "

" I'm interested in the way major events don't necessarily announce themselves as major events. They're often little things - the drip, drip of life that changes people or affects people. "

" 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've definitely been in situations where I could tell someone was interested in me, but I could tell they were insulting me in some passive/aggressive way, so I felt bad about myself at the same time. "

" 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 love black-and-white movies that are about contemporary subjects. "

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

" 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. "

" Adaptations are fun for me because they connect to the idea of filmmaking I had when I was a kid. I would see a movie and think: 'I'm gonna make that movie.' "

" I suppose some studio executive would say it's death for a comedy if people aren't all laughing in the same places, but I find with my movies that people laugh in very different places. I can't control it. "

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

" I know people who are incredibly successful who still dress the way they did when they were 18, just because they still think that's how they look good. "

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

" When I start a movie, there will be certain films that I watch again just because the vibe seems right. "