Charlie Kaufman Quotes

I studied acting at Boston University. I was in the theater department there. Somewhere in there I decided that wasn't what I was going to do and I went to the B.F.A. film program at N.Y.U.

Charlie Kaufman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 19, 1958

Topics

ActingBostonUniversityFilmGoing

I never had a problem resisting somebody that I knew was going to break my heart.

Jennifer Garner

HeartProblemNeverBreakGoingHad

As far as trying to analyze all the attention I received, I will leave that to others.

John Glenn

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Well, I think any actor can probably identify with being a professional liar. You don't always look at yourself that way, but I know a lot of days I do.

John Cusack

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I give a speech at some colleges and corporations called 'Performing Your Life: An Evening with Jeffrey Tambor.' I get asked a lot of questions, and people say, 'Your stories are wonderful. You should write a book.'

Jeffrey Tambor

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Love has always been the most important business in my life, I should say the only one.

Stendhal

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I'm a boots girl. I always wear boots. They only look better when they get dirty.

Sky Ferreira

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Mr. Putin presents himself as a czar - and like any czar, he fears revolution above all else.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

RevolutionAboveLikeHeHimself

We all have dark sides to ourselves, and I want to portray that in a realistic way.

Tom Weston-Jones

DarkWantWaySidesRealistic

If the Islamic State is losing, if they are defeated in Iraq and Syria, or in Libya, which is maybe their most dangerous and most well-developed cell today, then they won't inspire nearly so many attacks.

Tom Cotton

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The media transforms the great silence of things into its opposite. Formerly constituting a secret, the real now talks constantly. News reports, information, statistics, and surveys are everywhere.

Michel De Certeau

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My formative years were in Houston. I was in middle school, and everyone was dropping the last half of their names and adding an 'o' to the end. My little crew that I had, we were an all-female rap group, and everyone had an 'o' at the end of their name. I was Lisso. Then this dude started getting lazy with it, saying Lizzo.

Lizzo

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My mission is to eradicate poverty.

Dilma Rousseff

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