"I'm not into extreme sports or something. I just live a quiet life."
-Charlie Kaufman
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"Directing is a more pragmatic experience, where you have to deal with the restrictions of time and money that force you to make certain decisions you don't have to make when you're writing.“
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"I've had to deal, a lot, with my own sense of intimidation at meeting famous people - especially actors, but really any famous people."
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"There's no way to approach anything in an objective way. We're completely subjective our view of the world is completely controlled by who we are as human beings, as men or women, by our age, our history, our profession, by the state of the world."
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"I do like escapism. I like going to the movies on a Friday night and seeing something fun."
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"When I'm writing, I'm trying to immerse myself in the chaos of an emotional experience, rather than separate myself from it and look back at it from a distance with clarity and tell it as a story. Because that's how life is lived, you know?"
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"As a writer, or as a filmmaker, you have to present yourself, and part of what yourself is is what you're interested in, or what you think is funny, or what you think is sad, or what you think is horrible."
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