“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, I saw a biopic about a famous American abstract expressionist artist. And you know what? It really horrified me.” KnowsYearsMomentsFilmArtistSawsDramaDramaticAbstract Author:Jim Jarmusch
“When I hear the word independent I reach for my revolver. At this point, what the hell does that mean? The English Patient is an independent film... Hootie and the Blowfish are alternative music. I'm the Queen of Denmark. I don't know what it means anymore.” KnowsMeanDoeFilmHellIndependentPatientAlternativesQueensIndependent FilmDenmarkRevolverBlowfishAlternative Music Author:Jim Jarmusch
“I know from the past, critics often say my films don't have any plot, that kind of thing. I'm used to being told, "Yeah, it's slow and has no plot."” KnowsKindPastFilmUsedYeahCriticsPlot Author:Jim Jarmusch
“I'm not into killing living things, you know, but I'll always have guns.” KnowsGunKillingLiving Things Author:Jim Jarmusch
“[Kenneth Koch] taught children in public schools in New York City to write poems and told them down worry about rhyming, don't worry about any of that stuff. You know, write a poem where you mention three colors and make it five lines - or he would just give them, you know, little strategies. And, man, they wrote some great poems.” KnowsMenGivingWritingChildrenLittlesSchoolThreeStuffLinesCitiesWorryFiveNew YorkTaughtColorStrategyNew York CityPublic SchoolRhymingKenneth Author:Jim Jarmusch
“I love riding on a bus now because you're looking down on the world from not too high of an angle, but people on the street rarely look up into the bus. They're sort of oblivious to this big giant machine, you know, passing by. So there's something very beautiful about the angle that you look at the world through.” PeopleKnowsWorldLooksBigsBeautifulStreetsMachinesPassingPassingsGiantsLook UpBusRidingAngleVery BeautifulObliviousLooking DownPassing By Author:Jim Jarmusch
“It meant a kind of real liberation of expression. It embraced amateurism in a way that I still am inspired by. It was not about trying to get, you know, stadium gigs or even commercial radio play or even record deals for that matter. It was about saying something 'cause you meant it, and expressing something that you felt. And that was primary for that - whatever the scene, whatever punk rock means, it was very, very important to me, very formative.” KnowsWayTryingKindMeanStillsImportantRealMatterPlayFeltCausesDealsRecordsRocksExpressionSceneInspiredRadioPrimariesLiberationPunkGigsStadiumsPunk RockRadio Plays Author:Jim Jarmusch
“[Iggi Pop] is very self-taught, self-educated, but, man, that guy knows about so many things.” KnowsMenSelfGuyTaughtPopsEducatedThat GuySelf Taught Author:Jim Jarmusch
“To me, everything is endless variations on other things. Like waves in the ocean. They continue to turn over on each other, and they're all slightly different. I don't know if originality is possible. Is it even necessary? Because everything is different than what came before, but it's all branches from the same tree. Originality is overrated, but what you do with things is always different.” IfsKnowsDifferentTurnsTreeOceanWaveEndlessBranchesOriginalityVariationOverrated Author:Jim Jarmusch
“Music just gives me so much energy and inspiration. Music and literature in a way probably influence me more than cinema does because they're different forms and yet related. I probably know as much about music history as I do about the history of cinema.” KnowsWayGivingDoeDifferentInspirationFormLiteratureEnergyInfluenceGive MeCinemaRelated 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, and that's the magic of being transported.” KnowsWorldWalksMagic Author:Jim Jarmusch
“I'm not an analytical person, so it's not my job to even know what the hell the thing meant. It's not my problem. I'm just supposed to do it. Sometimes, people have explained things to me that I might have been semi-conscious of or not.” PeopleKnowsPersonsHas BeensSometimesProblemMightJobsHellConsciousMight Have Been Author:Jim Jarmusch
“It's hard to get lost if you don't know where you're going.” IfsKnowsHardLostGoalBaseballPlanningSettingTime TravelYankeesSetting GoalsNew York YankeesLife GoalFuture PlansBaseball PlayerGreat TravelInspiring TravelTravel AdventureIsmsAdventure And TravelFamous BaseballAchieving Your GoalsCatchersFunny MotivationalGreat BaseballInspirational AdventureReaching Your GoalsRoads TraveledDreams And GoalsGoals And LifeAchieving GoalsInspirational GoalAlice Adventures In WonderlandLittle LeagueInspirational Goal SettingMotivational GoalFocus On GoalsGoals And ObjectivesInspirational Adventure TimeMotivation Goal SettingGoals And MotivationTravel ExperienceGoals DreamsYankees BaseballReaching GoalsGoals And AmbitionsFork In The RoadGreatest BaseballRight RoadRoad LifeClear GoalsFuture PlanningRealistic GoalsYour Dreams And Goals Author:Jim Jarmusch
“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 own personality that make a character, that exaggerates some qualities and suppresses other qualities. It's always a real collaboration for me.” KnowsRealCharacterActorsQualityPersonalityCollaboration Author:Jim Jarmusch
“I wanted to make an Indian character who wasn't either a) the savage that must be eliminated, the force of nature that's blocking the way for industrial progress, or b) the noble innocent that knows all and is another cliche. I wanted him to be a complicated human being.” KnowsWayHumansCharacterWantedForceHuman BeingsProgressComplicatedNobleInnocentBlockIndianSavagesClicheForces Of Nature Author:Jim Jarmusch
