Jim Jarmusch Quotes

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 films - although I think they do have plots - but the plot is not of primary importance to me, the characters are.

Jim Jarmusch

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• Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

  

  Samuel Johnson
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• For me, it's hard to keep up with trends. I just go for the roles and movies that I feel I could add value to, or contribute to, that I feel I could portray.

  

  Laura Harring
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• I always think Michelle Williams is excellent in her work. And I do love Sofia Coppola. She always creates something so atmospheric. I love Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Andrea Arnold.

  

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• If your doctor tells you you have a rare disease that he or she has never seen, if you've got an incurable cancer, boy, don't accept that. You know, go and get a second opinion.

  

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• I don't want to sound disingenuous here - controversy is obviously good for business, especially if your business is satire. And it does amplify the discussion - in my view, a good thing.

  

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• I've worked with David Lynch since I was 17, and working with him is home and family; being around Alexander Payne is home and family, Jonathan Demme. There are directors... Robert Altman, Paul Thomas Anderson... They are directors where I create homes.

  

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• There is so much misinformation out there. If you give people even a little bit, it gets blown out of proportion then you have to go put out fires. So it's much easier to say, 'No comment.'

  

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• Matter as matter rather than matter as symbol is a conscious political position, essentially Marxist.

  

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• Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do.

  

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• With regard to Trump, he's saying some things that I just think are ridiculous and would disqualify any other candidate.

  

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• We talk about honesty, but the reality is we have lots of human values, and they are not all compatible. We don't always tell the truth about everything, no matter what the consequences.

  

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• Well I don't think I've scored my life exclusively to Ray Charles.

  

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• When such acting powerhouses take note of your work and express their appreciation, it is an overwhelming feeling. I could not believe it when Rishi ji tweeted. Then Amitji and Rekha ma'am sent handwritten letters, which I have read more than fifty times. 'Dangal' is a very special film for me, and these are my lifetime treasure.

  

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• The public education landscape is enriched by having many options - neighborhood public schools, magnet schools, community schools, schools that focus on career and technical education, and even charter schools.

  

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• I'm not a guy that really likes to pile onto somebody. Doesn't really matter who it is.

  

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• The thirsty earth soaks up the rain,And drinks, and gapes for drink again;The plants suck in the earth, and areWith constant drinking fresh and fair.

  

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• You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety.

  

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• I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.

  

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• You base your actions on a projected ending, which you actually don't know. However, when you reach the crucial point, and the pinnacle event doesn't occur, you just need to go on, and something else will happen.

  

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• There's something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she's only measured water in it.

  

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• I'm more into MMA than any other sport. I watch a lot of the UFC fights. I have since it first came onto the scene.

  

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• 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 films - although I think they do have plots - but the plot is not of primary importance to me, the characters are.

  

  Jim Jarmusch