Jason Schwartzman Biography

Relatives of famous people rarely have the chops to overcome nepotism cries, but Jason Schwartzman, nephew of Francis Ford Coppola, is one actor who does.Schwartzman was born June 26, 1980, to producer Jack Schwartzman and actress Talia Shire, the latter best known as Rocky Balboa's love interest Adrian. He graduated from the Windwood School in 1999 and continued to live with his mom and two brothers at their home in the Los Angeles area.Chosen at the tail end of an exhausting casting search, Schwartzman burst into the film industry with his deft, hilarious portrayal of chronic overachiever Max Fischer in Wes Anderson's critically acclaimed Rushmore (1998). Since then, the young actor kept a low profile, opting to spend time with his band Phantom Planet, which recorded an album for Epic Records. Keeping with his geek-chic nature, he also chose small, quirky roles in television, such as his guest appearance as a slimy fake-ID dealer on NBC's tragically short-lived series Freaks and Geeks or his work in spoofs for the 1999 MTV Movie Awards.He maintained his credibility in the independent scene during the next couple of years, appearing in Spun, and acting in his cousin Roman Coppola's CQ. After a role on the short-lived, though critically acclaimed, Fox sitcom Cracking Up in 2003, Schwartzman began kicking his film career into high gear. After a role in the quirky 2004 David O. Russell ensemble comedy I Heart Huckabees, the young actor appeared in 2005's big-screen version of Bewitched with Will Ferrell. He then played a lovable slacker in the intimate, critically acclaimed dramedy Shopgirl, appearing with Claire Danes and Steve Martin, who wrote the novella that the script was adapted from. In 2006, Schwartzman joined the cast of his cousin Sophia Coppola's biopic Marie Antoinette, playing French king Louis XVI opposite star Kirsten Dunst. Then in 2007, he re-teamed with Wes Anderson, starring in and co-writing The Darjeeling Limited, a film about three brothers taking a soul-searching train ride through India. The film got mixed reviews, but reception to it was positive overall, setting Schwartzman up nicely for his next film, The Marc Pease Experience, in which he played the title role of a former high-school musical star who's stuck living in the past.He voiced the role of Ash in Fantastic Mr. Fox in 2009 which turned out to be a busy year for him as he co-starred in Funny People, and became the star of the HBO comedy Bored to Death. He had a brief but memorable turn in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World in 2010, and two years later he teamed up with Anderson yet again in Moonrise Kingdom. ~ Stephanie M. Kuenn, Rovi

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• 1. Max Fischer: A kid got his finger blown off during rehearsals.
  From Rushmore. Submitted by Kia M (2 months ago)

• 1. Max Fischer: Hello Magnus. I'd have shot you in the other ear, but it got blown off a long time ago.
  From Rushmore. Submitted by Kia M (2 months ago)

• 1. Max Fischer: Piranha's are a very tricky species.
  From Rushmore. Submitted by Tyler H (2 months ago)

• 1. Rosemary Cross: Although, I will say that Edward has more spark, character, and imagination in one fingernail than Herman Blume has in his entire body.
  2. Max Fischer: One dead fingernail.
  3. Rosemary Cross: Right. One dead fingernail.
  From Rushmore. Submitted by Rolf J (2 months ago)

• 1. Max Fischer: Rushmore was my life, now you are.
  From Rushmore. Submitted by Rolf J (2 months ago)

• 1. George Harrison: I just sit here while my guitar quietly whimpers.
  2. Paul McCartney: Well you are the quiet one so why don't you shut the fuck up!
  3. Ringo Starr: I've got a song about an octopus.
  4. John Lennon: Jam it up your ass. You're lucky we still let you play the drums!
  From Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Submitted by Jillian L (3 months ago)

• 1. Ash: I weight less than a slice of bread.
  From Fantastic Mr. Fox. Submitted by Putri D (7 months ago)

• 1. Albert Markovski: Nobody sits like this rock sits. You rock, rock. The rock just sits and is. You show us how to just sit here and that's what we need.
  From I Heart Huckabees. Submitted by Jack L (7 months ago)

• 1. Cousin Ben: I can't offer you a legally binding union, it won't hold up in the state, the county or frankly any court in the world due to your age, lack of a license and failure to get parental consent BUT the ritual does carry a very important moral weight within yourselves - you can't enter into this lightly. Look into my eyes - do you love each other?
  From Moonrise Kingdom. Submitted by Charlotte Y (8 months ago)

• 1. Max Fischer: I like your nurses uniform, guy.
  2. Dr. Peter Flynn: These are OR scrubs.
  3. Max Fischer: 'Oh, are' they?
  From Rushmore. Submitted by Rick H (10 months ago)

• 1. Cousin Ben: You want pop? You want candy? You want a snake-bite kit? Get some money.
  From Moonrise Kingdom. Submitted by D. R. H (10 months ago)

• 1. Cousin Ben: Take the carbon. Leave the bible.
  From Moonrise Kingdom. Submitted by Tom H (10 months ago)

• 1. Cousin Ben: I'm keeping the nickels!
  From Moonrise Kingdom. Submitted by Luke S (10 months ago)

• 1. Mrs. Fox: Ash! Let's get cracking!
  2. Ash: I'm sick.
  3. Mrs. Fox: Your not sick.
  4. Ash: I have a temperature.
  5. Mrs. Fox: You don't have a temperature.
  6. Ash: I don't wanna go.
  7. Mrs. Fox: Hurry up, your gonna be late. [Ash walks to get ready]
  From Fantastic Mr. Fox. Submitted by ethan t (11 months ago)

• 1. Ash: I can fight my own fights.
  2. Kristofferson: No you can`t.
  From Fantastic Mr. Fox. Submitted by Daniel S (11 months ago)

• 1. Max Fischer: I saved Latin. What did YOU ever do?
  From Rushmore. Submitted by Rick H (12 months ago)

• 1. Francis Whitman: You don't love me!
  2. Peter Whitman: Yes, I do!
  3. Jack Whitman: I love you, too, but I'm going to mace you in the face!
  From The Darjeeling Limited. Submitted by Michelle R (13 months ago)

• 1. Max Fischer: You were in Vietnam, right?
  2. Herman Blume: Yeah.
  3. Max Fischer: Were you in the shit?
  4. Herman Blume: Yeah, I was in the shit.
  From Rushmore. Submitted by Kase V (14 months ago)

• 1. Max Fischer: Maybe I'm spending too much of my time starting up clubs and putting on plays. I should probably be trying harder to score chicks.
  From Rushmore. Submitted by Vinícius D (14 months ago)

• 1. Rosemary Cross: Has it ever crossed your mind that you're far too young for me?
  2. Max Fischer: It crossed my mind that you might consider that a possibility, yeah.
  From Rushmore. Submitted by Vinícius D (14 months ago)

• 1. Max Fischer: I don't give a shit about the barracuda.
  From Rushmore. Submitted by topher h (15 months ago)

• 1. Ringo Starr: I wrote a song about an octopus.
  2. John Lennon: Jam it up your ass. You're lucky we still let you play the drums!
  From Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Submitted by Mahind R (15 months ago)

• 1. Mrs. Fox: I know what it's like to feel different.
  2. Ash: I'm not different, am I?
  3. Mrs. Fox: We all are -- him especially -- but there's something kind of fantastic about that, isn't there?
  From Fantastic Mr. Fox. Submitted by Nina B (17 months ago)

• 1. Ash: What's the 'K' for?
  2. Agnes: It's for pep.
  3. Ash: Pep? It's a 'K'!
  4. Agnes: We're going steady.
  From Fantastic Mr. Fox. Submitted by Filomena G (17 months ago)

• 1. Ash: I'm here to rescue you.
  2. Kristofferson: I've got mixed feelings about that.
  From Fantastic Mr. Fox. Submitted by Filomena G (17 months ago)

• 1. Ash: Am I getting better, Coach?
  2. Coach Skip: Well, you're sure as cuss not getting any worse.
  From Fantastic Mr. Fox. Submitted by Diego T (19 months ago)

• 1. Ash: What's that stand for?
  2. Agnes: Huh? Uh, it for... it's for 'Pep.'
  3. Ash: Pep? It's a 'K.'
  4. Agnes: We're going steady.
  From Fantastic Mr. Fox. Submitted by Diego T (19 months ago)

• 1. Max Fischer: I saved Latin. What did you ever do?
  From Rushmore. Submitted by Rachel W (20 months ago)

• 1. Max Fischer: My safety's Harvard.
  From Rushmore. Submitted by Rachel W (20 months ago)

• 1. Herman Blume: She's my Rushmore.
  2. Max Fischer: I know. She was mine too.
  From Rushmore. Submitted by Reichelle C (21 months ago)

• 1. Gideon Graves: Hey buddy!
  2. Scott Pilgrim: Save it. [Takes jacket off] You're pretentious. This club sucks. I got beef. Let's do it.
  From Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Submitted by Jung Ae L (21 months ago)

• 1. Gideon Graves: Scotty, you can cheat on all the ladies you like... but you can't cheat death.
  From Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Submitted by Robin N (21 months ago)

• 1. Ash: He just came here and he gets a Bandit hat? Where's MY Bandit hat?! Why didn't I get shot at? You think I'm no good at anything! Well maybe your right thanks!
  From Fantastic Mr. Fox. Submitted by Diego T (22 months ago)

• 1. Ash: You're supposed to be my lab partner.
  2. Agnes: I am your lab partner.
  3. Ash: No you're not. You're disloyal.
  From Fantastic Mr. Fox. Submitted by Diego T (22 months ago)

• 1. Gideon Graves: You made me swallow my gum! That's going to be in my digestive tract for seven years!
  From Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Submitted by BraeBurn A (22 months ago)

• 1. Ramona Flowers: (Walks up to Gideon)
  2. Gideon Graves: Oh yeah, that's my girl.
  3. Ramona Flowers: (Leans in towards Gideon) Let's both be girls. (Knees him in the crotch)
  From Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Submitted by Jacob D (22 months ago)

• 1. Dr. Peter Flynn: These are O.R. scrubs.
  2. Max Fischer: O, R they?
  From Rushmore. Submitted by Kerby H (22 months ago)

• 1. Gideon Graves: Game Over!
  2. Gideon Graves: Scotty you can cheat on these ladies all you like, but you can't cheat death.
  From Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Submitted by Jessica C (23 months ago)

• 1. Jack Whitman: I wonder if the three of us would've been friends in real life. Not as brothers, but as people.
  From The Darjeeling Limited. Submitted by Chris P (2 years ago)

• 1. Ash: There's alot of attitudes going around here. Don't make me get one.
  2. Kristofferson: It's just-
  3. Ash: Sleep wherever you want, man. Here, take my bed. I'll just crawl under the bookcase. Who cares if I get splinters in my ears?
  4. Kristofferson: Never mind.
  5. Ash: Oh, you gonna pout about it? 'Cause I've had it up to here with the sad house guest routine!
  From Fantastic Mr. Fox. Submitted by Diego T (2 years ago)