90 Quotes by J. K. Simmons

When I read the script and saw the jazz music setting, and when I read the name of the filmmaker was Damien Chazelle, I immediately got this mental image of Antoine Fuqua.

I come from a family of educators. My sister is a college teacher. My dad is a college teacher, but first a junior high teacher.

We all want to not repeat ourselves constantly, and explore the limits of our capabilities.

Education is very important to me.

I don't respond to authority figures who abuse their authority.

I would like to thank the 49 actors who appear on screen in 'Whiplash' for realizing Damien Chazelle's vision so beautifully.

I read 'Whiplash,' and I wanted to do it.

Music has become so ever-present in our lives. You can't walk through a shopping mall or go into a restaurant without what we used to call Muzak.

I read a very romantic book when I was young, when I was in college: Rilke's 'Letters to a Young Poet.' And I've always felt that if you are in any kind of an artistic, creative endeavor, and you feel there's something else you can do for a living and be happy, I think you should do something else.