Jason Schwartzman Quotations

He just nailed it, ... I don't know how he nailed it; that's why he's Steve Martin ... he's a scientist of the heart, or something.

I was heartbroken at the end of that, because I thought that was going to be it for me. Somehow I had worked my way into this movie and it had exposed me to people and I had a chance to be an actor, which I loved, but I didn't think it was ever going to happen again.

I thought it would be good for me to do something bigger, more bombastic, more physical. I had a blast making the film.

Whereas Jeremy is just the opposite: always moving because he's never really thinking of anything and the kind of guy you'd worry inviting to a dinner party because he says what he thinks. He can be insulting at times but doesn't mean to be.

You feel like a grown-up, but I've felt like a grown-up since I was 17, so I don't know ... But, I like it.

To be honest, I'm happy in LA because my family is there and I think that's a great reason to live in a city - to be near the ones you love.

The thing I definitely related to most in Jeremy was a sincere desire to be alive and meet people. He's a pretty open-minded person.

It looks like fish tank rocks. Chocolate rocks! ... If you catch the pun.

But I go in spurts, and lately I've been Watching School of Rock every night and I've been watching Valley Girl a lot. It just depends on the mood.

But in a city where you drive a lot, you know your destination and you try to get there as quickly as possible unless there's a roadblock or a detour.

But I'd have to say Young Frankenstein, which I can watch forever.

It was always hard for me to really make friends, but that's just because I like to stay home.

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.

I admire the actors that truly can impersonate someone - become someone, inhabit someone. It's amazing when you see it done.

What I think is so great about interviews, is when people cite inspirations.

You get to a certain age, and you feel like you know who you are, and how you fit into the world, and how the world sort of perceives you. And you get pretty set in that. And then things can happen that can turn it upside.

You can learn a lot of things from being in movies.

Making a movie is a weird combination of planning and the absolutely unexpected.

When my first daughter was born, I had to figure out a new way of [making music] so that I wouldn't wake her up.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

After I quit my band, I definitely was so full, like I'm so full I could never eat again. I had that kind of feeling where the elements, like the touring stuff, were harder for me and I definitely felt fine not experiencing it again.

Also, the more you're not focused on showbiz and instead focused on life, learning about other people, and keeping your eyes open and trying to be aware of the world.

I just find that the harder you work and the more effort you put into yourself, the better you'll be

I often wonder, Is it worth waiting only for things you think are going to be truly great, or is that a pretentious attitude to take?

I didn't have an agent, I didn't have a headshot. I didn't even know if anyone would know where to find me. I just went back to highschool and started playing with my band.

I have never stopped playing music

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

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.

Logic plus logic equals the illogical. Do you know what I mean?

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

I'm a creature of habit. I go to restaurants all the time and stuff

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.

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

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

Whereas I think in New York every step is a detour in every direction.

I'm a very slow reader, and books of interviews are an absolute favorite of mine.

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

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.

Man, I hate to get depressing on you, but I don't have a game. I'm so alone, so depressed, so dark, no.

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.

There's all these ways to instantly communicate - cars, computers, telephone and transportation - and even with all that, it's so hard to find people and have an honest communication with them

I believe in not over thinking things too much. When the right thing comes along, you really don’t have a choice.

In a city where you walk around, it's impossible to plan your day and your life as accidents will happen, you'll overhear things, bump into people, and take unexpected turns

And since we were kids in the 80's my parents could only take us to see comedies, and basically Martin was the star of the majority of those films.