Quotes by Spike Jonze

About Spike Jonze:

Spike Jonze is an American director, producer, screenwriter and actor, whose work includes music videos, commercials, film and television. He started his feature film directing career with Being John Malkovich (1999) and Adaptation (2002), both written by Charlie Kaufman, and then started movies with screenplays of his own with Where the Wild Things Are (2009) and Her (2013).
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I think the thing that is meaningful is when I can tell that someone's been affected by the movie or by anything I made.

Spike Jonze

I feel like everything I make is personal to me.

Spike Jonze

If I heard somebody else say, 'I worked on a movie for five years', I'd be like, 'What? How could it take that long? What were you doing?'

Spike Jonze

I've got to say, I've probably seen a lot more of the Three Stooges than of the Marx Brothers.

Spike Jonze

I'm always amazed when any actor can decipher my direction.

Spike Jonze

I'm fortunately not, like, typecast. I don't have to just do one kind of thing; I can do all kinds of things that reflect different parts of me.

Spike Jonze

I've done a couple of interviews, and I realized how uncomfortable I felt as soon as I started talking.

Spike Jonze

I'm always inspired by other filmmakers, whether it's a shot or the way they handle tone.

Spike Jonze

I'm hesitant to make grand statements because I feel like that it's not exactly what I'm writing about.

Spike Jonze

Moms are people, too. Moms make mistakes, too.

Spike Jonze

Is an audience open to seeing a film that isn't what they expect when they see a film that's been adapted from a children's book?

Spike Jonze

Me and my friends had BMX magazines and skate magazines, and I was a photographer who made skate videos.

Spike Jonze

Johnny Knoxville went from struggling to pay his rent to being on the cover of 'Rolling Stone' in the course of, like, a month.

Spike Jonze

On set, there's a lot of pressure. But it sort of heightens the moments.

Spike Jonze

What I learned from the Beastie Boys was to be independent. They set up their own world separate from the label. They built their own studio.

Spike Jonze

The world is becoming nicer and easier, but that doesn't mean we are any less lonely or any more connected.

Spike Jonze

The market groups and demographics said, 'Teenage guys don't read magazines.'

Spike Jonze

When I was 20 years old, I had no plans to ever be a filmmaker.

Spike Jonze

There's a difference between stress and pressure.

Spike Jonze

We can empathize as deeply as we can empathize.

Spike Jonze

There are a lot of kids in the world. People seem to keep having them.

Spike Jonze

Author Bio

  • NameSpike Jonze
  • Descriptiondirector and actor from the United States
  • BornOctober 22, 1969
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Director; Film Producer; Actor
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Writing (Original Screenplay); Writers Guild Of America Award; Indiana Film Journalists Association Award For Best Director