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Jason Schwartzman: ‘I was the kid driving around all the record stores buying all the Oasis singles’

The actor answers your questions on auditioning for Wes Anderson, his love of Britpop, his telepathic mother and never hearing back from Ringo Starr

I didn’t see a single review or comment about Asteroid City that mentioned Stanley Kubrick, but am I crazy for being convinced you drew on him for your performance? ianlarsen Wes had mentioned the idea: “Maybe there’s a voice you could do that would be slightly different?” We ended up looking at all these interviews with Kubrick and figured out it wasn’t only the accent, but a stillness on his face when he spoke. I was the kid driving around all the record stores buying all the Blur and Oasis singles just so I could hear the B-sides like Rockin’ Chair.

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