When I was a kid, I would fantasize about my own funeral.

- Noah Baumbach

Being funny, in some ways, is about being connected to psychology.

- Noah Baumbach

I like having associations with locations beyond their meaning for the specific movie.

- Noah Baumbach

I do like having books on my shelves. I do value that life.

- Noah Baumbach

I like to try to shoot in the city in a way that allows the city to go about its business while we're shooting, and that's always a challenge because…

- Noah Baumbach

Defining yourself by your taste is easier than defining yourself by any genuine stance on something.

- Noah Baumbach

Music is like color or acting or whatever. It's really something I think about from the beginning. Not that I always know exactly what I'm going to u…

- Noah Baumbach

A film set becomes its own family anyway, and all family dynamics come out during a shoot. The trick is hiring people who know how to handle that.

- Noah Baumbach

I'm interested in the way major events don't necessarily announce themselves as major events. They're often little things - the drip, drip of life th…

- Noah Baumbach