Best Jim Jarmusch Quotes
- Before she married my father, my mother was a film reviewer for The Akron Beacon Journal - a small newspaper. Akron
- I always think the Sex Pistols and the Ramones as very, very important because they stripped things down. Always Think
- 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 me… B Mayer
- I have to tell everyone that when I finish a film and it goes out and is released, I never look at my films again.… Digging
- I start with actors that I know personally or I know their work, and there are things about their work or their presence or their… Actor
- I started working with friends of mine and that, to some degree, continues. Continues
- I think of poets as outlaw visionaries in a way. Outlaw
- Separate two particles, place them at opposite ends of the universe, produce some effect in one, and the other will be identically affected. Affected
- I am interested in the non-dramatic moments in life. I`m not at all attracted to making films that are about drama. A few years back,… Abstract
- A lot of innovation in language comes from poetry. From
- Music, to me, is the most beautiful form, and I love film because film is very related to music. It moves by you in its… Beautiful
- Cricket makes no sense to me. I find it beautiful to watch and I like that they break for tea. That is very cool, but… Ago
- I always start with characters rather than with a plot, which many critics would say is very obvious from the lack of plot in my… Always Start
- I love rehearsing because in rehearsals there are no mistakes, nothing is wrong, some things apply or lead you to focus on the character and… Apply
- I like to rehearse with the actors scenes that are not in the script and will not be in the film because what we're really… Acting
- Ghost Dog: In the words of the ancients, one should make his decision within the space of seven breaths. It is a matter of being… Ancients
- Stupid f***ing white man. F Ing
- Music, to me, is the most beautiful form, and I love film because film is very related to music. It moves by you in its… All
- If anyone tells you there is only one way, their way, get as far away from them as possible, both physically and philosophically. Anyone
- A lot of poets too live on the margins of social acceptance, they certainly aren't in it for the money. William Blake - only his… Acceptance
- Contradiction was something I really like when it is embraced in that kind of philosophy. Contradiction
- Poets are always ahead of things in a certain way, their sense of language and their vision. Ahead
- Hopefully, if not it's not working right. I'm like a navigator and I try to encourage our collaboration and find the best way that will… Bananas
- I didn't go to classes there, but ended up at the Cinematheque, and there it opened up even wider because there I saw a variety… All
- 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 hit… Actor