Charlie Kaufman Quotes
I actually think I'm probably more interested in structure than most people who write screenplays, because I think about it.
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I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.
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Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.
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If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat.
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I was bulimic and anorexic for a while, just hating my body. As an actress, I was never thin enough, never pretty enough. My boobs weren't big enough.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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Home is most important in the long run.
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No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.
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I could imagine actually being a scientist or a detective, but not a detective who puts his hands into gory, bloody things. But more like someone who figures things out. I like to figure things out.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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Food-wise, oh man, I tend to really indulge on vacation because a lot of my friends are incredible chefs. One friend makes an eggplant parmesan that is heavenly and melts in your mouth, and another makes a chocolate pudding that I can't resist.
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This Islam business kidnapped me.
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My first languages are German and Spanish because I was brought up by a Spanish mother and a German father, so I always spoke both languages at home. I'm very thankful that I was brought up in a bilingual house.
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I don't want to be the type of person to have my relationships plastered in magazines.
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The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
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I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.
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Watching game film motivates me a lot. It shows me what I need to work on and determines the specific workouts I do.
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When I was in high school, I was doing all the plays. My drama teacher, Melody Duggan, was the one one who first made me do stand-up. She's the origin of the whole thing; it's all her. In high school in Denver, that was kind of the beginning of it all.
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Mumbai is like Manhattan. There's a certain pace, a social life and the thrill of a professional life.
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It strikes me there's a bunch of people in power who have really strong intentions of running the world and adjusting the world to exactly how they see it.
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Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
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Being ambiguously flamboyant really does help. I’ve had so many people come up to me and be like, ‘I felt OK to come out of the closet after you said this.’ When someone says that to me - it’s not an event I’ve ever been through, so I don’t know what to compare it to. I don’t think I even understand how important that is to someone’s life.
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Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit.
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I actually think I'm probably more interested in structure than most people who write screenplays, because I think about it.
