Schwartzman Quotes & Sayings

I actually went to see 'Rushmore,' and I came late, and I missed myself. It was great, that scene. I caught that scene the other day on TV, funny enough, the first scene that you see with Jason Schwartzman and myself, where we talk about his grades. That's a brilliant scene, and I have to say, we play it brilliantly. — Brian Cox

Rooney was like marrying a high school sweetheart. And then you're like, 'I think we need some time to see other people,' and those other people are new musicians. Starsystem is like a new marriage with new musicians. — Robert Coppola Schwartzman

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. — Jason Schwartzman

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. — Jason Schwartzman

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. — Jason Schwartzman

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. — Jason Schwartzman

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

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. — Jason Schwartzman

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? — Jason Schwartzman

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

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. — Jason Schwartzman

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. — Jason Schwartzman

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. — Jason Schwartzman

I've always been real close to film world. I love film, and I will do things in film, but music is more satisfying. It feels more like me. — Robert Coppola Schwartzman

There are certain topics songwriters stay away from because it's hard to go there. I didn't sit down and go, 'I want to write something about my dad now.' — Robert Coppola Schwartzman

I'm definitely still putting effort into my lyrics, for them to be emotional and tell a story. — Robert Coppola Schwartzman

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. — Jason Schwartzman

It would have been more obvious to go into film, based on the generation before me, but the generation before them were all composers or classical musicians. — Robert Coppola Schwartzman

I think, having done 'The Princess Diaries,' it was a fun experience, and it's cool to have made fans that are now into all this music. That movie is still so relevant to our culture. It's always on. It's kind of a rare, nostalgic thing. I get tweets all the time about it. — Robert Coppola Schwartzman

I love all the movies by director John Hughes. I also love John Landis's movies. — Robert Coppola Schwartzman

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

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. — Jason Schwartzman

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. — Jason Schwartzman

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

I started using the Internet when I was 12 years old. I would go into chat rooms and flirt. It was the beginning of the Internet for young people. — Robert Coppola Schwartzman

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. — Jason Schwartzman

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

You don't ever want to devalue music. Music is important; it's necessary product. I always try to make sure that there's a value - that people appreciate music and realize that there's a value to it. — Robert Coppola Schwartzman

I never really considered myself an actor because I never pursued it. — Robert Coppola Schwartzman

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

That's the thing about music: It's forever. Hopefully, you captured a moment musically that has a timeless quality people will find relevant to their lives at any point. That's the whole idea about what I love about art and music. — Robert Coppola Schwartzman

When you form a band, you form a real relationship that's like a marriage. It's an emotional connection, especially when you're young ... because you don't know what's out there. — Robert Coppola Schwartzman

I have never stopped playing music. — Jason Schwartzman

I just like traditional songs that come from an honest place, and they make you feel something and tell a story and they flow right. — Robert Coppola Schwartzman

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

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. — Jason Schwartzman

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

I kind of feel like we're all humans; we all live on this planet. I kind of always wish there was more of a partnership - a really healthy relationship between people, working together to do things and make it good and change. — Robert Coppola Schwartzman

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. — Jason Schwartzman

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. — Jason Schwartzman

I've always wanted to do a project with space imagery because I've always loved these amazing sci-fi electro book covers. I've always loved science fiction. I feel like space imagery has no boundaries. — Robert Coppola Schwartzman

I did Bored To Death with Jason [Schwartzman] and Zach Galifianakis and those guys. I mean, how lucky can you be that you get to be the old guy? I get to be Robert Preston to them now. That's what I feel. My job is to pass on what Preston and other people gave to me, which was show up, take the work seriously, don't take yourself seriously, and have a good time and be of service. Be there to support. — Richard Masur

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. — Jason Schwartzman

For the most part, I like to record music as I write it. — Robert Coppola Schwartzman

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. — Jason Schwartzman

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

I've always loved Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and I watched the Petty documentary 'Running Down A Dream'. I was directly influenced, it made me want to go write. — Robert Coppola Schwartzman

I started Rooney in high school. These were guys I went to high school with and guys I knew from L.A. — Robert Coppola Schwartzman

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. — Jason Schwartzman

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. — Jason Schwartzman

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

I definitely care about what's happening in our country. I grew up in a family that was very liberal and had very strong opinions about liberal ideas. I was around those thoughts and had conversations about those things and did the best I could to absorb what was happening around me and have my own opinion about it. — Robert Coppola Schwartzman

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. — Jason Schwartzman

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. — Jason Schwartzman

Dreaming big is always a good way to go about things. — Robert Coppola Schwartzman

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. — Jason Schwartzman

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. — Jason Schwartzman

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. — Jason Schwartzman

I'm always trying to think of something clever and fun to do with the music. There's so many cool things musicians and artists can do with their products. — Robert Coppola Schwartzman

I really like writing for specific projects. It's a whole different way of writing when you have certain guidelines and a theme you're writing to. It's very inspiring. — Robert Coppola Schwartzman