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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There were times in 'Adaptation' during the editing where I really thought, 'Okay, well, this was a noble failure. I tried to do something good, but this is not going to work.'

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I think there is something about... unless you come from a really evolved family that allowed you to talk about your feelings and felt like a safe environment, then you aren't really prepared to do that when you grow up.

Spike Jonze

I have a home phone number, and I like it! It's like a throwback already.

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If I leave my phone in the car and go to dinner or something for a few hours, I'm very proud of myself.

Spike Jonze

It's fun when you start a movie, because it's kind of like you get to go Christmas shopping... you get to make your wish list and you start thinking about what each character needs.

Spike Jonze

As a parent, your perspective of childhood is through the eyes of this person that you care so much about and you just want the world to be great for them. You want their life to be easy and happy.

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A great poem leaves so much room for everybody to have such a different reaction to it.

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Be willing to get fired for a good idea.

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Is artificial intelligence less than our intelligence?

Spike Jonze

I don't know what life was like 1,000 years ago, but I imagine there was the same struggle: people trying to connect with each other.

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Movies, they take years of my life, so I'm fortunate that I get to work in a lot of different mediums.

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Obviously technology has become such a big presence in our lives and, I definitely know, in my life.

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Doing a documentary is about discovering, being open, learning, and following curiosity.

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If you focus your energy on the camera, it takes away from the time you have to focus on the performances.

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I feel like you only have so much time to make stuff. I'm definitely aware of that. I'm also excited about it.

Spike Jonze

Arcade Fire has such intimacy and epic-ness, at the same time, and that's really inspiring.

Spike Jonze

I started directing videos at the same time that Michel Gondry was starting to direct videos, and I watched what he'd do. They all seemed to be pushing some new visual effects idea, but never just for spectacle. They all captured a feeling.

Spike Jonze

On everything I do I'm always taking someone's money, whether it's a movie studio or a record label. Somebody's paying for it, and I'm always respectful of that. But I'm never going to compromise.

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The strengths and failings of a relationship depend entirely on your ability to talk about your feelings.

Spike Jonze

I knew I could write infinitely about relationships. That's the most beautiful, most confusing, most rewarding, most heartbreaking thing in our lives - and not just romantic relationships: that's all relationships.

Spike Jonze

I think at the beginning of a project, you decide if you're in love with the idea and what it's about, or what you think it's about at that time at least. Then you commit to it, and once you've commit to it no matter what, no matter how many self dou...

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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