3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 Jason Schwartzman 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.
3 December 2020 Jason 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.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 Jason 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.
3 December 2020 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.