Jason Schwartzman Quotes
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In one sentence, I'd describe myself as indescribable. But, I wouldn't end it with a period. I'd end it with three dots.
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At this point, I think I would garner a lot of hate mail if I was now on the cover of Modern Drummer seeing as I'm not a modern drummer anymore.
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It was always hard for me to really make friends, but that's just because I like to stay home.
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I've never invested myself properly in trying to write stories. When I write lyrics, mostly I write each sentence separately on an index card and then I lay them out and I just mix them up.
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It's not uncommon to hear people say that the re-entry into their lives is very hard. A lot of actors say that the hardest thing about working is not working, because you go from one of the most structured environments in the world to a place of no structure. Maybe that's why you see someone go from movie to movie to movie.
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Dating is just awkward moments and one person wants more than the other. It's just that constant strangeness. I think it's a very real thing.
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What I love about lyrics is that they don't have to be very complicated. A good sentence over a great chord with a good melody - all you need is that one moment.
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Logic plus logic equals the illogical. Do you know what I mean?
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The film industry is an awkward business - you get together with strangers, get to know them very well and then you make a lot of promises to see each other and you don't. Maybe that is like a real family.
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I just have some restaurants to just go and eat there. Do mean places to watch people? I like to go shopping look for guitars and stuff with my friends. Look at Meyer, great old instruments, talk about pedals and stuff
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I admire the actors that truly can impersonate someone - become someone, inhabit someone. It's amazing when you see it done.
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I'm a creature of habit. I go to restaurants all the time and stuff.
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Every actor I ever meet goes, 'Ultimately I plan on having my own company and write and direct,' but yes, I too would love to write and direct a movie. I want to do a play, too. I want to do it all.
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What I think is so great about interviews, is when people cite inspirations.
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I always tell people that to be the funny person in a Steve Martin movie is like getting a call that Keith Moon wants you to play drums on his record. He should be playing drums on his record.
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Whereas I think in New York every step is a detour in every direction.
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I'm a very slow reader, and books of interviews are an absolute favorite of mine.
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As far as loneliness, I feel Los Angeles and its layout, having to drive everywhere - it is a lonely place. It's an isolated city in that respect because you're driving to places alone listening to the radio.
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Steve Martin is such an exquisite and precise writer. Everything is so clear; it's like a bell. He says what he means and says it so beautifully.
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I don't know the first real thing about the dating game. I don't know how to talk to a specific person and connect. I just think you have to go to person by person and do the best you can with people in general.
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Man, I hate to get depressing on you, but I don't have a game. I'm so alone, so depressed, so dark, no.
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You can learn a lot of things from being in movies.
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I love the idea of playing a character that didn't over think everything. He knows what's in front of him and he has an ability to just say whatever he felt.
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It's funny that people think because you don't have a movie or record out, you disappear into a frozen chamber someplace. They think you're dead when you're not in the public eye.
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I just find that the harder you work and the more effort you put into yourself, the better you'll be.
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It takes so long to write a script, thinking to yourself, "Am I wasting my time? Am I putting everything into this thing that maybe just won't ever exist?" I always think, God, acting is so much easier. At least for acting you have the source material already.
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Writing is like building a bridge while you're on it. If you step forward you fall off and there's nothing in front of you.
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I like being alone and I think this movie, as much as it is an investigation of connection and people bonding, I also think it's just as much about loneliness.
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But actually, I'm planning on moving to New York this year and I can tell you one reason why I think New York is incredible: I think things happen to you that you don't expect have happen to you.
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I believe in not over thinking things too much. When the right thing comes along, you really don't have a choice.
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