There's something really vulnerable about playing something that you like for someone. You don't know what their reaction will be.
Noah BaumbachI think I was going through a lot of change at 27, but I didn't know it was happening until it was over.
Noah BaumbachI realize how much I rely on the actors to really know the lines because I tend to forget what they are exactly, even though I've written them. I don't have them memorized. But when it's going well, there is that point where the actor starts to know more about the character than I do.
Noah Baumbach