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“I think if something resonates, even if it's surreal, it's because it is relatable and I think that that's a core issue for me.”

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Charlie Kaufman

Charlie Kaufman is a celebrated screenwriter known for his unique and complex narratives. Born in November 1958, he has made significant contributions to the film industry with his distinctive style and thought-provoking scripts. more

“When [my dad] was at the University of Michigan, my mom was a social-worker. As he rose, he voted for [Adlai] Stevenson initially. Then he voted for [Dwight] Eisenhower. Then he kept voting Republican until he voted for Barack Obama. So that's kind of amazing. But he was offered a cabinet post by Eisenhower in his second term. So he was moderate Republican. But if you asked him, he would've said, "I don't have any politics. I'm a business person." Mainstream, the American view, as he understood it.”

“I more or less shared the view that life should be lived.”

Should Views

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“I was a kid and I studied when I had to [live].”

Kids

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“I was terrible student at Michigan, terrible. Because there was too much else to do. I was learning form too many other sources to go to class.”

Form Class Too Much Students Source Terrible Michigan

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“We have arguments [with my father] and we had a lot of arguments in the years when I was at Michigan.”

Years Father Argument Michigan

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“One of the things that happened that I think is noteworthy, my parents were pretty tolerant people given their position in society. They were pretty interesting about being interesting able to look at their children and think oh my children know things and they gave us a lot of sense of our own agency, and that may be a kind of a ruling class trait.”

People Thinking Knows Looks Kind May Children Able Given Parent Interesting Class Happened Position My Children Agency Traits Ruling

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“Certainly my parents were Dr. [Benjamin] Spock-driven parents. So they were tolerant.”

Parent Driven Drs

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“In some ways a mark of good parenting is that you don't try to make your children into little knockoffs of yourself. None of us went into business. None of us became powerful people like that. All of us pursued our own passions and our own interests. One of my brothers was filmmaker. One of my brothers was a teacher. My sister was a librarian.”

“New York City pretty much reeked of music. Reeked of rap and hip-hop. As for me, growing up in a strict West Indian, Trinidadian household, and a Christian household as well, I had to fight for the right to go and actually be a part of it.”

Wells Christian Fighting Cities Growing Up Growing New York West Hip Hop Rap Hips Indian Hops New York City Household Strict Trinidadians

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