Noah baumbach

'Frances Ha' is the closest final product to what I had in my head of any movie I've made. I'm not entirely even sure why that is.

I like shooting in New York because I have such a connection to the city. I have so many memories there.

How you start the movie is critical. And how often you feel that there's no reason for how it's starting.

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

I wouldn't say 'Frances Ha' is autobiographical, but it's definitely very personal.

I don't know any writer of fiction who enjoys trying to point out or dissect whatever they produced with strangers and let them go through it and pick apart what's real and what isn't.

There's always some generational-guys-hanging-out movie that is made every few years, I think, and some of them are great.

I think I've always been drawn to the notion of talk as cinematic.

I watch movies all the time, so it's hard to pick certain specific directors that have inspired me in the aggregate.

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