People ask me all the time, "What are your influences? Are you trying to do Beckett?" It's like, "No, I'm trying to do me." Whatever that is. I don't know what that is, but that's the basis. I'm trying to be true and I'm trying to be honest.
I have a background in theater, so I have experience with actors. I like actors - I used to be one. - Charlie Kaufman
I have a background in theater, so I have experience with actors. I like actors - I used to be one.
- Charlie Kaufman
The passionate ones, the ones who go after what they want, may not get what they want, but they remain vital, in touch with themselves, and when they… - Charlie Kaufman
The passionate ones, the ones who go after what they want, may not get what they want, but they remain vital, in touch with themselves, and when they…
If you ever got me, you wouldn't have a clue what to do with me. - Charlie Kaufman
If you ever got me, you wouldn't have a clue what to do with me.
I think of myself as a guy who tries to write screenplays and now has tried to direct one. Anything more than that is meaningless and it gets in the … - Charlie Kaufman
I think of myself as a guy who tries to write screenplays and now has tried to direct one. Anything more than that is meaningless and it gets in the …
I think that people have expectations of themselves and other people that are based on these fictions that are presented to them as the way human lif… - Charlie Kaufman
I think that people have expectations of themselves and other people that are based on these fictions that are presented to them as the way human lif…
Writing is a journey into the unknown. - Charlie Kaufman
Writing is a journey into the unknown.
The only honest and generous thing for me to do is to give people myself. That's all I've got as an artist, so I want to do that in an unflinching wa… - Charlie Kaufman
The only honest and generous thing for me to do is to give people myself. That's all I've got as an artist, so I want to do that in an unflinching wa…
The only way to do something interesting is not care if you fail. - Charlie Kaufman
The only way to do something interesting is not care if you fail.
The world needs you. It doesn't need you at a party having read a book about how to appear smart at parties - these books exist, and they're tempting… - Charlie Kaufman
The world needs you. It doesn't need you at a party having read a book about how to appear smart at parties - these books exist, and they're tempting…
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