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I can talk endlessly about characters, or why someone did this or that, and what that dynamic and interaction is. I really love it, and I think that actors really respond positively to the fact that I like to talk about that stuff, because I'm not sure that all directors do.

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: About Actor Because Characters Did Directors Dynamic Endlessly Fact Interaction Like Love Positively Really Respond Someone Stuff Sure Talk Think Why I Think I Can

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I have ideas written down some places, but usually I can't find them. I'm not very organized.

~Charlie Kaufman

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I do throw out a lot of ideas, and I forget completely about them.

~Charlie Kaufman

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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.

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: Filmmaker Funny Horrible Interested Part Present Sad Think Writer You Yourself

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I'm trying to tell a story and do it truthfully.

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: Story Tell Truthfully Trying

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I think generally I'm kind of interested in subjective experience, what goes on inside someone's head, that being all they really know of the world.

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: Being Experience Generally Goes Head Inside Interested Kind Know Really Someone Subjective Think World I Think

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I wanted to deal with someone's idea of their relationship.

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: Deal Idea Relationship Someone Wanted

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I think you just assume that your memory is just sort of a video playback of your experience, but it's nothing like that at all. It's a complete refabrication of an event and a lot of it is made up, because you're filling in spaces.

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: Assume Because Complete Event Experience Filling Just Like Lot Made Memory Nothing Sort Spaces Think Up Video You Your I Think

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I want to try it to see what it's like and see what my stuff looks like when I take it from inception to completion.

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: Completion Inception Like Looks See Stuff Take Try Want

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The way I write is very much without kind of a goal. I have something I'm interested in and then I decide I'm going to explore it. I don't know where the characters are going to go, I don't know what the movie is going to do or what the screenplay is going to do. For me, that's the way to keep it alive.

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: Alive Characters Decide Explore Go Goal Going Interested Keep Kind Know Me Movie Much Screenplay Something Then Very Way Where Without Write I Write

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: November 1st, 1958

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