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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.
And now when I meet directors that I admire, I watch them carefully, not just to see how they plan a certain shot or what crane they were using, or what lens they were using, or how they?re blocking it, I watch all that stuff, but mostly, I?m trying to figure out the wellspring.
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Cousin of director Burt Balaban and nephew of Barney Balaban.
Played the head of NBC in both "Seinfeld" (1990) and The Late Shift (1996) (TV).
Son of Elmer Balaban (1909-2001) who was last surviving of seven Balaban brothers who dominated the theater business in Chicago and much of the Midwest. The Balaban boys, sons of immigrant Jewish grocery-store owners in Chicago, built city's f... (more Bob Balaban trivia)
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