182 Quotes by Noah Baumbach

I always wanted to write movies that I’d direct. I didn’t come at it from a writing standpoint more than a directing standpoint, except that growing up, I didn’t have the opportunity to shoot as much as I did to write.

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

Will Ferrell’s made a lot of brilliant movies.

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

I’m interested in music as an extension of character.

It’s kind of major, learning to drive. I feel like it kicked up other stuff in my life.

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

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