--- title: "10 Just Quotes By Spike Jonze" description: "10 Just quotes by Spike Jonze. Plus more from Spike Jonze and more Just sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/spike-jonze-3309_am_i-just-want-to-be-who-i-am-as-i-am-86448_864482.jpg" --- > [I just want to be who I am, as I am.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/i-just-want-to-be-who-i-am-as-i-am/) [Spike Jonze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-jonze/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/spike-jonze-3309_am_i-just-want-to-be-who-i-am-as-i-am-86448_864482.jpg) > [I don't want to make a movie till I have an idea I have to make. I don't want to make a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/i-don-t-want-to-make-a-movie-till-i-have-an-idea-i-have-to-make-i-don/) [Spike Jonze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-jonze/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09c/spike-jonze-3309_film_i-don-t-want-to-make-a-movie-till-i-have_3113303.jpg) > [I started directing videos at the same time that Michel Gondry was starting to direct videos, and I watched what he'd do.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/i-started-directing-videos-at-the-same-time-that-michel-gondry-was/) [Spike Jonze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-jonze/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ae/spike-jonze-3309_captured_i-started-directing-videos-at-the-same-t_2726739.jpg) > [Maurice Sendak never - I remember he said something that was very striking because it's something I never thought about. I always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/maurice-sendak-never-i-remember-he-said-something-that-was-very/) [Spike Jonze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-jonze/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c6/spike-jonze-3309_about_maurice-sendak-never-i-remember-he-said_1031729.jpg) > [The Beastie Boys are guys I loved before I met them, and when I got to know them, we started a magazine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/the-beastie-boys-are-guys-i-loved-before-i-met-them-and-when-i-got-to/) [Spike Jonze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-jonze/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98d/spike-jonze-3309_before_the-beastie-boys-are-guys-i-loved-before_2680671.jpg) > [Everything in L.A. is - it's just an easy place to live in. The houses are nice, the backyards are nice, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/everything-in-l-a-is-it-s-just-an-easy-place-to-live-in-the-houses/) [Spike Jonze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-jonze/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a4/spike-jonze-3309_behind_everything-in-l-a-is-it-s-just-an-easy-p_1150496.jpg) > [I think the way Win Butler writes, I really identify with it. He writes very emotionally and very cinematically, and I just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/i-think-the-way-win-butler-writes-i-really-identify-with-it-he-writes/) [Spike Jonze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-jonze/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e33/spike-jonze-3309_butler_i-think-the-way-win-butler-writes-i-real_1872289.jpg) > [I knew I could write infinitely about relationships. That's the most beautiful, most confusing, most rewarding, most heartbreaking thing in our lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/i-knew-i-could-write-infinitely-about-relationships-that-s-the-most/) [Spike Jonze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-jonze/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d8/spike-jonze-3309_about_i-knew-i-could-write-infinitely-about-re_2343482.jpg) > [I'm fortunately not, like, typecast. I don't have to just do one kind of thing; I can do all kinds of things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/i-m-fortunately-not-like-typecast-i-don-t-have-to-just-do-one-kind-of/) [Spike Jonze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-jonze/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b67/spike-jonze-3309_different_i-m-fortunately-not-like-typecast-i-don_2789427.jpg) > [Nicolas Cage, I would love to work with him again. He's just a fearless madman. He'll go anywhere you want to go.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/nicolas-cage-i-would-love-to-work-with-him-again-he-s-just-a-fearless/) [Spike Jonze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-jonze/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/918/spike-jonze-3309_again_nicolas-cage-i-would-love-to-work-with-h_2186332.jpg) ## Other authors on Just ## More by Spike Jonze > [When I'm making stuff, the thing that excites me most is not the result, but the process and trying to do something I've never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/when-i-m-making-stuff-the-thing-that-excites-me-most-is-not-the/) [Spike Jonze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-jonze/) > [“Falling in love is kind of like a form of socially acceptable insanity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/falling-in-love-is-kind-of-like-a-form-of-socially-acceptable-insanity/) [Spike Jonze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-jonze/) > [On set, there's a lot of pressure. But it sort of heightens the moments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/on-set-there-s-a-lot-of-pressure-but-it-sort-of-heightens-the-moments/) [Spike Jonze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-jonze/) > [There was definitely a point in my thirties when I thought, 'Oh, wow, I'm not the youngest person on the set anymore.' But I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/there-was-definitely-a-point-in-my-thirties-when-i-thought-oh-wow-i-m/) [Spike Jonze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-jonze/) > [I think there's a knee-jerk reaction to things from parents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/i-think-there-s-a-knee-jerk-reaction-to-things-from-parents/) [Spike Jonze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-jonze/) > [I feel like you only have so much time to make stuff. I'm definitely aware of that. I'm also excited about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/i-feel-like-you-only-have-so-much-time-to-make-stuff-i-m-definitely/) [Spike Jonze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-jonze/) > [Obviously technology has become such a big presence in our lives and, I definitely know, in my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/obviously-technology-has-become-such-a-big-presence-in-our-lives-and/) [Spike Jonze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-jonze/) > [As creatives, it's a hard thing to push, to make something you're truly excited about, especially if you've written 100 different concepts and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/as-creatives-it-s-a-hard-thing-to-push-to-make-something-you-re-truly/) [Spike Jonze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-jonze/) > [I definitely check my phone for texts a lot - like, 'Did anyone text me? Is anyone thinking about me? Does anyone love me?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/i-definitely-check-my-phone-for-texts-a-lot-like-did-anyone-text-me/) [Spike Jonze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-jonze/) > [Be willing to get fired for a good idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/be-willing-to-get-fired-for-a-good-idea/) [Spike Jonze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-jonze/) > [Emotions are messy and hard to figure out. Hard to know where you start and the next person stops. Even as an adult, that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/emotions-are-messy-and-hard-to-figure-out-hard-to-know-where-you/) [Spike Jonze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-jonze/) > [There's great food everywhere, and even McDonald's uses nice wood now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/there-s-great-food-everywhere-and-even-mcdonald-s-uses-nice-wood-now/) [Spike Jonze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-jonze/) > [There's a difference between stress and pressure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/there-s-a-difference-between-stress-and-pressure/) [Spike Jonze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-jonze/) > [Kids are so fiercely opinionated, that if they love the Harry Potter books and they go see the movie, they'll be the first to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/kids-are-so-fiercely-opinionated-that-if-they-love-the-harry-potter/) [Spike Jonze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-jonze/) > [The strengths and failings of a relationship depend entirely on your ability to talk about your feelings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/the-strengths-and-failings-of-a-relationship-depend-entirely-on-your/) [Spike Jonze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-jonze/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/just/spike-jonze/#itemlist", "name": "10 Just Quotes By Spike Jonze", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I just want to be who I am, as I am.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Spike Jonze" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/i-just-want-to-be-who-i-am-as-i-am/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/spike-jonze-3309_am_i-just-want-to-be-who-i-am-as-i-am-86448_864482.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/spike-jonze-3309_am_i-just-want-to-be-who-i-am-as-i-am-86448_864482.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/spike-jonze-3309_am_i-just-want-to-be-who-i-am-as-i-am-86448_864482.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I just want to be who I am, as I am.” — Spike Jonze", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't want to make a movie till I have an idea I have to make. 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