Curated Quotations

Charlie Kaufman

Quotations

  • “I’m interested in trying to explore what I think is the truth at a given time in my life, and part of the process of being honest is – in my mind – talking about the idea that you’re watching a movie. You’re sitting here watching a movie. And I like that. It appeals to…

    (click to view listing)

    –

  • “I’m not into extreme sports or something. I just live a quiet life.” -Charlie Kaufman

    (click to view listing)

    –

  • “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

    (click to view listing)

    –

  • “I wanted to deal with someone’s idea of their relationship.” -Charlie Kaufman

    (click to view listing)

    –

  • “In a lot of movies, especially big studio ones, they’re not constructed in any other way than to get people to like them and then tell their friends. It’s a product.” -Charlie Kaufman

    (click to view listing)

    –

  • “There’s no way to approach anything in an objective way. We’re completely subjective our view of the world is completely controlled by who we are as human beings, as men or women, by our age, our history, our profession, by the state of the world.” -Charlie Kaufman

    (click to view listing)

    –

  • “I have a lot of health anxiety.” -Charlie Kaufman

    (click to view listing)

    –

  • “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

    (click to view listing)

    –

  • “I’ve had to deal, a lot, with my own sense of intimidation at meeting famous people – especially actors, but really any famous people.” -Charlie Kaufman

    (click to view listing)

    –

  • “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

    (click to view listing)

    –

  • “If you create something that is asking for people to respond as they’re going to respond, you have to allow them to respond as they’re going to respond. Some of the people are going to be uninterested and some people are going to be mad for some reason, which is their business. That’s just the…

    (click to view listing)

    –

  • There’s no way to approach anything in an objective way. We’re completely subjective our view of the world is completely controlled by who we are as human beings, as men or women, by our age, our history, our profession, by the state of the world. – Charlie Kaufman

    (click to view listing)

    –

View More Quotations – By Author.

View More Quotations – By Topic.

Home.