I have a tendency to hire people who tend to be unattractive to the studios. Maybe this is a bad idea.
Charlie KaufmanI 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 KaufmanI think if something resonates, even if it's surreal, it's because it is relatable and I think that that's a core issue for me.
Charlie KaufmanI think now that I've tried directing, I'm not interested in doing adaptations anymore. I could do an adaptation of someone else's work that I would write, but the idea of taking someone else's material entirely doesn't interest me. One of the things that I found really helpful, at least in my mind - and I've never discussed this with the actors or with the people I work with - is that being a neophyte in directing, I feel like I have a kind of authority simply because I'm the writer as well.
Charlie Kaufman