Noah Baumbach Quotes

Noah Baumbach — American Writer born on September 03, 1969,

Noah Baumbach is an American writer, director and independent filmmaker... (wikipedia)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.