Bob Balaban on encounters
Bob Balaban10 quotes“I loved being in Close Encounters, just to watch Steven Spielberg working was exciting.”
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If anyone would have been paying serious attention to my puppet shows, I would have been sent to therapy very young.
Bob BalabanBob Balaban Oh, I was completely hooked on movies and plays and theater from the time I was a day old; I was very, very early on in love with movies and I loved plays.
Bob BalabanBob Balaban I’m from the Midwest, and I loved my family. I had a very good time as a child, but I was also – I have a theory about Jews growing up in the Midwest, that there is an ultimately sort of wonderful avoidance of a lot of things, and a great acceptance of whatever is happening.
Bob BalabanBob Balaban I was very much in my room with my marionette stage, you know, creating these incredibly boring things that I felt were so fascinating, and forcing my relatives to come, and charging money for them to see my little productions.
Bob BalabanBob Balaban The difference between a friend and an acquaintance is that a friend helps; an acquaintance merely advises.
Bob EdwardsBob Edwards I have a 92 year old father whose doing beautifully who lives in Chicago and a sister and a nephew and a niece and I love coming back and try to do so fairly often.
Bob BalabanBob Balaban And I think being a good director is being able to be completely tyrannical and you?ve got to be an absolute dictator while at the same time, you have to listen and see everything because it can all change on a dime.
Bob BalabanBob Balaban I’ve directed a fair amount of television series – so I’m always trying to learn new things.
Bob BalabanBob Balaban Yes I try to do everything I can not to fail hideously.
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