Jason Schwartzman
Jason Schwartzman
Jason Francesco Schwartzmanis an American actor, screenwriter and musician. He is known for his frequent collaborations with Wes Anderson, such as Rushmore, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdomand The Grand Budapest Hotel. He also starred in other films, such as I Heart Huckabees, Shopgirl, Marie Antoinette, Funny People, Scott Pilgrim vs. the Worldand Saving Mr. Banks...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth26 June 1980
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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.