Robert Elmer "Bob" Balaban (born August 16, 1945) is an American actor, author, producer, and director. Read full biography of Bob Balaban →
People so far have been very fond of the Robert Altman movie, as I am, and when one things goes well it shines light on your other projects and now I... →
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... →
God, I'd love to do a big commercial movie that made a lot of money and whose plot was interesting too.
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... →
I was born on Wellington Avenue and my family that remains lives in the Lake Shore Drive area.
If anyone would have been paying serious attention to my puppet shows, I would have been sent to therapy very young.
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... →
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... →
My family was loving... they were very supportive and very affectionate, and basically I could do what I wanted, and basically it wasn't anything... →
I always think that a director who knows about the technical side, but cares about the acting performances and casting as well, is ahead of the game.
I loved being in Close Encounters, just to watch Steven Spielberg working was exciting.
Yes I try to do everything I can not to fail hideously.
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... →
Robert Elmer "Bob" Balaban (born August 16, 1945) is an American actor, author, producer, and director.