Bob Balaban
Actor
1945-08-16
Bob Balaban is an American actor, director, producer, and author known for film and television roles as well as documentary and childrens publishing work. He has had a long career across acting and directing.
Books by Bob Balaban
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Quotes by Bob Balaban
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I mean, the whole idea of movies was it was special to go to see - you went to a movie theater to see something that was magical and amazing, in a very special location.
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I think some of the special effects in Close Encounters hold up better than the new more expensive special effects is because they were better actually.
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I loved being in Close Encounters, just to watch Steven Spielberg working was exciting.
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I'm from Chicago, my family started a chain of movie theaters in Chicago that were around for 70 years and then one of them became the head of Paramount and the other was the head of production at MGM and we all came out of Chicago.
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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.
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But obviously as television began, it so undercut movies that he was trying to think of a way to combine seeing these special things, and the fact that people were just captivated by the magic box.
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