I always start with characters rather than with a plot, which many critics would say is very obvious from the lack of… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
I like to rehearse with the actors scenes that are not in the script and will not be in the film because… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
When I'm trying to imagine something, I have a few elements, a few ideas, maybe a certain actor or actress I want… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
I like to work with actors that have varied experiences. But I don't choose them because of their experience, I choose them… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
I wanted to make an Indian character who wasn't either a) the savage that must be eliminated, the force of nature that's… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
Good acting is about reacting, not tryingto express something, but reacting to a situation as the character.I don't like acting acting. — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
I love rehearsing because in rehearsals there are no mistakes, nothing is wrong, some things apply or lead you to focus on… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
I like actors who just become that person and then react, and Adam [Driver] is completely reactive in that way. So every… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
I like marginal characters, I like real people. I learn more from talking to my plumber when he comes to fix my… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
I start with actors that I know personally or I know their work, and there are things about their work or their… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
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… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
The beauty of ideas is that they are like waves in the ocean and they connect with things that came before them, and I… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
Nothing is original.. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems,… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
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… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
I prefer to be subcultural rather than mass-cultural. I'm not interested in hitting the vein of the mainstream. — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
Contradiction was something I really like when it is embraced in that kind of philosophy. — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
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… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
Cricket makes no sense to me. I find it beautiful to watch and I like that they break for tea. That is very cool,… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
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… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
When I left Ohio when I was 17 and ended up in New York and realised that not all films had the giant crab… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
