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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. "

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" I'm curious how people build up the codes that they live their life by, and how they come to think that that's the best way for them to function. "

Noah Baumbach

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" There's always some generational-guys-hanging-out movie that is made every few years, I think, and some of them are great. "

" I don't like when you necessarily know that this is the end of the movie. I like when a movie ends abruptly. You go through this, and some of the scenes are uncomfortable, and some are funny - and then suddenly it's over. "

Noah Baumbach

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm always looking for overlooked post-Dylan singer-songwriter records from the '70s. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I'm sure I've said some pretty bad pick-up lines. "

" 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. "

" 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 do like having books on my shelves. I do value that life. "

Noah Baumbach

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" Being articulate, my parents could make anything sound reasonable. "

" I watch movies all the time, so it's hard to pick certain specific directors that have inspired me in the aggregate. "

" How you start the movie is critical. And how often you feel that there's no reason for how it's starting. "

" 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. "

" I've had great experiences or joyful experiences making a movie that people found very disturbing. "

" 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. "

" Wes Anderson's films, 6-year-olds are crazy about them. "

" That's the nice thing about collaborating with someone: Your work becomes a conversation. "

" I didn't train in directing; I talk to actors the way I talk to anybody. "

" Peter Bogdanovich is a good friend. "

" I like the way corduroys feel. I like the sort of jean aspect of corduroys, but also the texture of them. They probably remind me of my childhood, too, I think. I wore cords, and my dad had a corduroy jacket. "

" When you're around your family, and you have that history and that shared language, you say things you'd be embarrassed to hear quoted back to you later. "

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

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

" You can be aware that something is idiosyncratic, and give it to a character, but keep doing it. "

" 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. "