“I always found something strangely paternal about the director-actor relationship. Actors want so much approval.” Quote by Adam Driver
“If you don't feel good about something, you don't shake it off easily.” IfsFeelsFeel GoodShakes Author:Noah Baumbach
“I like to try to keep things as relaxed and easy as possible. I mean, movies generally attract a lot of people who like to cause fires, so they can later try to put them out. But I don't like that kind of thing.” PeopleTryingKindMeanCausesEasyFireRelaxed Author:Noah Baumbach
“It's kind of a crazy art form, movies, in that you have to get it right the day you do it, generally.” KindArtFormCrazy Author:Noah Baumbach
“I realize how much I rely on the actors to really know the lines because I tend to forget what they are exactly, even though I've written them. I don't have them memorized. But when it's going well, there is that point where the actor starts to know more about the character than I do.” KnowsWellsCharacterActorsRealizingLinesForgetWrittenRely Author:Noah Baumbach
“There are days when you're in a good groove and the actor really understands the part and comes as prepared every day as you are and is so inside it. And then there's the day where, for whatever reason, it's just a harder slog. And I feel like those are the days where all the preparation and everything becomes more necessary because you have to find a third route there.” FeelsReasonActorsThirdsHarderPreparedPreparationRoutesGroove Author:Noah Baumbach
“I do think it's a very good way to describe what a great actor does. You're both acknowledging the authority of the director and the necessity of the actor to push back and find their own voice.” ThinkingWayDoeActorsVoiceDirectorsAuthorityVery GoodGood WayGreat Actors Author:Noah Baumbach
“I have a vision for everything that I make, but... I'm not that considerate about what I do. I do whatever is in my head and how it ends up tends to be the thing that it's supposed to be. It was never a premeditated decision.” EndsDecisionVisionSupposed To BeConsiderate Author:James Vincent McMorrow
“I'm not an L.A. guy. I don't take meetings - you know what I mean? I don't really know how to interact very well with people in L.A. because everybody's got an agenda and everybody's like, "What do you do?" "Where are you going?" Or it's like, "What do you know?" And I'm not on a grind - I was there to make music and to meet people but I wasn't hustling for anything.” PeopleKnowsWellsMeanGuyKnow HowMeetingsAgendasDo You KnowGrindHustle Author:James Vincent McMorrow
“My love of R&B and hip-hop has influenced my life not even as a musician, but generally in terms of growing up and looking to America as an inspiration.” InspirationAmericaTermGrowing UpGrowingMusicianHip HopHipsHops Author:James Vincent McMorrow
“The hip-hop aesthetic and the way it's produced always motivated me. Alongside that I was still wanting to make great traditional songs because I've never had any desire to rap. My love of hip-hop is driven by my love of rappers, but it was built out of my love of producers.” WayStillsDesireSongBuiltHip HopRapDrivenTraditionalProducersHipsHopsMotivatedRapperAesthetic Author:James Vincent McMorrow