“The difference between a movie and a play is that the production you end up with is the production. If a movie that I spent time on turns out to be crap, it's never going to be made again.” IfsMadeEndsPlayTurnsDifferencesProductionsCrap Author:Charlie Kaufman
“I'm interested in art, and I think about the process of making art. It's part of my personality, my experience of the world, so it ends up in the movies. It's where my head is.” ThinkingWorldArtEndsProcessPersonality Author:Charlie Kaufman
“And then to see the whole movie, you're pretty much waiting until the end of production. And the major lifting in terms of editing and all that stuff is done before you shoot the movie. That's an unusual way to work.” WayEndsDoneWholeStuffWaitingTermMajorsProductionsUnusualEditingLiftingYou Re Pretty Author:Charlie Kaufman
“I hate a movie that will end by telling you that the first thing you should do is learn to love yourself. That is so insulting and condescending, and so meaningless. My characters don't learn to love each other or themselves.” ShouldFirstsEndsCharacterHateI HateMeaninglessLove YourselfInsultingLove Each OtherCondescendingLearn To Love Yourself Author:Charlie Kaufman
“There really is only one ending to any story. Human life ends in death. Until then, it keeps going and gets complicated and there's loss. Everything involves loss; every relationship ends in one way or another.” WayHumansEndsStoriesLossComplicatedOne WayHuman LifeKeep GoingRelationships Ending Author:Charlie Kaufman
“The end is built into the beginning.” EndsBuiltChaos Book:Synecdoche, New York: The Shooting Script Source: Synecdoche, New York: The Shooting Script