Jim Jarmusch on Nicholas Ray (August 7, 1911 - June 16, 1979)

“Before I ever met Nick Ray, he was my idol—a legend, the outcast Hollywood rebel, white hair, black eye-patch, and a head full of subversion and controlled substances. Then I got to know the real Nick Ray, and my respect deepened. I learned more about filmmaking in a single conversation about baseball than in three years of film school.”