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I definitely feel like a native New Yorker. My personality was formed there.

~Nicole Holofcener

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I have a stack of scripts that I've read - I'm in the lucky position where I get offered things - but I haven't wanted to direct many of them.

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Catherine Keener really gets me. She and I have such a shorthand together.

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I'm willing to give up a little control but not a lot. So I say I want the money, but when push comes to shove, I'm not sure I'll be able to compromise in order to make the big studio movie. Maybe something in between would be okay, like a low-budget studio film.

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I don't have a drawer full of ideas. I kind of look around and take notes and wonder what could actually be a whole movie. And each time, I think I'm going to do it more commercial this time; I'm going to get a big budget and make it. But I always come up with some small idea.

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I rarely need career advice because I don't have a career. No, that's not true. I can't really go far away while my kids are living with me.

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Hollywood is lacking realness in their female characters. I don't think I'm the only one who thinks that and wants to change it.

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When I'm creating characters, I just want to create characters that I can relate to, and be as honest about them as people as I can be. That's what I want to see when I go to the movies.

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If you keep the situations real, the characters' behavior will be real and honest, too. If they're suddenly robbing a bank and exchanging snappy dialogue, well, I wouldn't even know how to write that.

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Hollywood always likes to create a star.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: March 22nd, 1960

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