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title: "4 Amateur Quotes By Jim Jarmusch"
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> [I'm not putting down anyone that does look at their work in that way, but for me I am a hardcore amateur.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-jarmusch/i-m-not-putting-down-anyone-that-does-look-at-their-work-in-that-way/)

[Jim Jarmusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-jarmusch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/327/jim-jarmusch-3256_amateur_i-m-not-putting-down-anyone-that-does-lo_908106.png)

> [I still consider myself to be an amateur filmmaker. And I say that because in the Latin origin of the word amateur…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-jarmusch/i-still-consider-myself-to-be-an-amateur-filmmaker-and-i-say-that/)

[Jim Jarmusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-jarmusch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/607/jim-jarmusch-3256_amateur_i-still-consider-myself-to-be-an-amateur_961033.png)

> [I think of myself as an amateur filmmaker, not a professional, in the sense that "amateur" means love of something, for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-jarmusch/i-think-of-myself-as-an-amateur-filmmaker-not-a-professional-in-the/)

[Jim Jarmusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-jarmusch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/707/jim-jarmusch-3256_amateur_i-think-of-myself-as-an-amateur-filmmake_1978798.png)

> [My films have sort of amateur elements, a naive quality, yet they have some sophisticated quality, sometimes the rhythm is kinda elegant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-jarmusch/my-films-have-sort-of-amateur-elements-a-naive-quality-yet-they-have/)

[Jim Jarmusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-jarmusch/)

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## Other authors on Amateur

## More by Jim Jarmusch

> [I realized, "Gee, you're making the same film over and over here." I just kept making them for my own amusement, but also with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-jarmusch/i-realized-gee-you-re-making-the-same-film-over-and-over-here-i-just/)

[Jim Jarmusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-jarmusch/)

> [The beauty of ideas is that they are like waves in the ocean and they connect with things that came before them, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-jarmusch/the-beauty-of-ideas-is-that-they-are-like-waves-in-the-ocean-and-they/)

[Jim Jarmusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-jarmusch/)

> [Nothing is original.. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-jarmusch/nothing-is-original-steal-from-anywhere-that-resonates-with/)

[Jim Jarmusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-jarmusch/)

> [I didn't get the degree because in my last year, for my thesis film I made a feature called Permanent Vacation and they'd given…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-jarmusch/i-didn-t-get-the-degree-because-in-my-last-year-for-my-thesis-film-i/)

[Jim Jarmusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-jarmusch/)

> [I prefer to be subcultural rather than mass-cultural. I'm not interested in hitting the vein of the mainstream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-jarmusch/i-prefer-to-be-subcultural-rather-than-mass-cultural-i-m-not/)

[Jim Jarmusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-jarmusch/)

> [Contradiction was something I really like when it is embraced in that kind of philosophy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-jarmusch/contradiction-was-something-i-really-like-when-it-is-embraced-in-that/)

[Jim Jarmusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-jarmusch/)

> [The beauty of life is in small details, not in big events.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-jarmusch/the-beauty-of-life-is-in-small-details-not-in-big-events/)

[Jim Jarmusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-jarmusch/)

> [I like doing them and they're ridiculous and the actors can improvise a lot, and they don't have to be really realistic characters that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-jarmusch/i-like-doing-them-and-they-re-ridiculous-and-the-actors-can-improvise/)

[Jim Jarmusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-jarmusch/)

> [Everything is not laden with potential for drama in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-jarmusch/everything-is-not-laden-with-potential-for-drama-in-life/)

[Jim Jarmusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-jarmusch/)

> [Cricket makes no sense to me. I find it beautiful to watch and I like that they break for tea. That is very cool,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-jarmusch/cricket-makes-no-sense-to-me-i-find-it-beautiful-to-watch-and-i-like/)

[Jim Jarmusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-jarmusch/)

> [I'm like a navigator and I try to encourage our collaboration and find the best way that will produce fruit. I like fruit. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-jarmusch/i-m-like-a-navigator-and-i-try-to-encourage-our-collaboration-and/)

[Jim Jarmusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-jarmusch/)

> [When I left Ohio when I was 17 and ended up in New York and realised that not all films had the giant crab…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-jarmusch/when-i-left-ohio-when-i-was-17-and-ended-up-in-new-york-and-realised/)

[Jim Jarmusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-jarmusch/)

> [The beauty of a movie is that you walk in, you don't know anything about it, you enter a world that's new to you,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-jarmusch/the-beauty-of-a-movie-is-that-you-walk-in-you-don-t-know-anything/)

[Jim Jarmusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-jarmusch/)

> [Before she married my father, my mother was a film reviewer for The Akron Beacon Journal - a small newspaper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-jarmusch/before-she-married-my-father-my-mother-was-a-film-reviewer-for-the/)

[Jim Jarmusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-jarmusch/)

> [There is something very pleasurable about watching cartoons, a really warm, comfortable feeling. My taste is quite broad, but most of all I like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-jarmusch/there-is-something-very-pleasurable-about-watching-cartoons-a-really/)

[Jim Jarmusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-jarmusch/)

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