Spike Jonze quotes

Spike Jonze is an American director, producer, and screenwriter, acclaimed for his inventive and unconventional storytelling style. His work spans film, music videos, and television, earning him numerous awards and critical praise. He is especially renowned for directing films such as "Being John Malkovich," "Adaptation.," and "Her." Here are 36 of his quotes:

I like naps. I don't drink coffee. (Spike Jonze)

The past is just a story we tell ourselves.

Spike Jonze

I like the idea of the documentary as a portrait. There's not a chronological beginning, middle, and end structure. You build something in the editing room that's shaped by getting to know the person and digging deeper, unpeeling the layers of them as you get to know them.

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

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Our subjectivity is so completely our own.

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Is artificial intelligence less than our intelligence?

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Falling in love is kind of like a form of socially acceptable insanity.

Spike Jonze

Be willing to get fired for a good idea.

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 doubts you have, you're in it. The ship's sailed, you can't turn around.

Spike Jonze

I think because I'm not a parent, my most immediate connection to childhood is my memory of my own childhood.

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. (Spike Jonze)

You make a movie that is about what you want it to be about and let people have their reaction to it.

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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Big emotions that are unexplained are really scary. At least to me.

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Chris Cooper I got to work with many times.

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I am better at math than spelling.

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

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Emotions are messy and hard to figure out.

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I like hiring people based on a feeling - this person gets it - rather than what they've done in the past.

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I just want to make whatever is exciting.

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I always aspire to that, where it feels like the film was made by the characters as opposed to the filmmakers. I try to be invisible. (Spike Jonze)

I think the way kids create is so inspiring. They're drawing a picture? They love the picture they drew; they're not tortured about it.

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If I can make one generalised statement, and generalised statements are never entirely true, nobody wants to be talked down to, kids included.

Spike Jonze

The invention of the iPod changes how you use music. Suddenly you have music everywhere.

Spike Jonze

You have to be involved and relate to the characters in order to make a film that is true emotionally.

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Spike Jonze

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Occupation: American Director
Born: October 22, 1969
Quotes count: 36

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