“'Frances Ha' is the closest final product to what I had in my head of ...” — Noah Baumbach Quote

“'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.”

“There was a telemarketing job one summer in high school that I was rejected for. I still walk by the building that I actually had the interview in. It's still in New York, and I always think about that job and why I didn't get it.”

“As a kid, I thought of myself as a funny person who secretly wanted to be serious, but now I think maybe I'm a serious person who secretly wants to be funny.”

“I was never OJ's closest pal, and the media would say that over and over, but I wasn't his enemy either.”

“The closest you'll get to God, ever, in your existence, is measured by how close you get to yourself. Because your connection with God is you. He created you. That is the ultimate connection you have with God is you.”

“Growing up, I never really felt like I fit in with any of the heroes that I knew of at least. I think like the closest that I found that who was someone who looked like me was an obscure character in the Marvel Universe, M, who was Generation X and all that.”