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So, when Wes calls, do you just drop everything you’re doing to be in his movies? Do you have a say in what you play? First of all, let me say this: This is one of my best friends in the whole world and I am very, very lucky for that. There are very few people I could say that are my close people that I really, really care about. And I would say that there are an even smaller amount of them that I could say I actually work with, too. And it’s just very lucky. I met Wes on Rushmore. We made a movie together. We stayed in touch through the years. And then this weird thing happens to you personally and you talk about it and then you keep talking, and then all of a sudden it’s twelve years older and you’re like, “Wow, this is my best friend.” It just kind of happens behind you in a weird way and you turn around and you can’t believe it. So I have that in my life with him separate to work. And I never assume that we’re going to work together, you know what I mean? I almost assume that we’re not. Part of the feeling in my mind is like, “If we’re going to be friends like this, you have to be able to sort of separate them a little bit.” That said, when a job presents itself through Wes, it’s never worked out where I have ever been unhappy with the material or wanted something more. I’m so happy to be a part of it in any way that it’s never even crossed my mind to bring up something. Because he’s very smart and I think he’s got an incredible gut feeling about balance, and it doesn’t always have to be the same balance. But for whatever work he’s done, he just has an innate sense of where things should be. Characters, music, actors, color, whatever, there’s a certain configuration to it all, and it’s all been thought out for a very, very long time. He’s very careful. So if you said, “I’d rather do that,” that’s not the right thing to say to someone who’s thought very long and hard about everything. (via Jason Schwartzman on Ghost Stories, Boy Scouts, and Ignoring the Moonrise Kingdom Kids — Vulture)

So, when Wes calls, do you just drop everything you’re doing to be in his movies? Do you have a say in what you play?

First of all, let me say this: This is one of my best friends in the whole world and I am very, very lucky for that. There are very few people I could say that are my close people that I really, really care about. And I would say that there are an even smaller amount of them that I could say I actually work with, too. And it’s just very lucky.

I met Wes on Rushmore. We made a movie together. We stayed in touch through the years. And then this weird thing happens to you personally and you talk about it and then you keep talking, and then all of a sudden it’s twelve years older and you’re like, “Wow, this is my best friend.” It just kind of happens behind you in a weird way and you turn around and you can’t believe it. So I have that in my life with him separate to work.

And I never assume that we’re going to work together, you know what I mean? I almost assume that we’re not. Part of the feeling in my mind is like, “If we’re going to be friends like this, you have to be able to sort of separate them a little bit.” That said, when a job presents itself through Wes, it’s never worked out where I have ever been unhappy with the material or wanted something more.

I’m so happy to be a part of it in any way that it’s never even crossed my mind to bring up something. Because he’s very smart and I think he’s got an incredible gut feeling about balance, and it doesn’t always have to be the same balance. But for whatever work he’s done, he just has an innate sense of where things should be. Characters, music, actors, color, whatever, there’s a certain configuration to it all, and it’s all been thought out for a very, very long time. He’s very careful. So if you said, “I’d rather do that,” that’s not the right thing to say to someone who’s thought very long and hard about everything.

(via Jason Schwartzman on Ghost Stories, Boy Scouts, and Ignoring the Moonrise Kingdom Kids — Vulture)

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