Kids are so fiercely opinionated, that if they love the Harry Potter books and they go see the movie, they'll be the… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to know Maurice Sendak, and talked to him about doing the movie. For a while, I was really… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
I guess a lot of things I make are relationship movies. Maybe all movies are relationship movies, because they're all about how… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
You make a movie that is about what you want it to be about and let people have their reaction to it. — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
I'll still make movies for studios, but my editing process will be much further removed from the studio system. Because I don't… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
I think the thing that is meaningful is when I can tell that someone's been affected by the movie or by anything… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
Whenever I start writing, I try to put together songs that feed the feeling of the movie. — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
I'm in awe of directors like the Coen brothers who can shoot their script and edit it, and that's the movie. They're… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
If I heard somebody else say, 'I worked on a movie for five years', I'd be like, 'What? How could it take… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
I don't understand the whole testing-numbers thing. It is not how I want to make movies. — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
Obviously, movies and music videos are different because they're different lengths, and in a movie, you have more time to explore an… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
I feel like every movie, I've learned more and more about what I think of the world and what I'm trying to… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
I don't want to make a movie till I have an idea I have to make. I don't want to make a… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
It's fun when you start a movie, because it's kind of like you get to go Christmas shopping... you get to make… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
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… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
“Falling in love is kind of like a form of socially acceptable insanity.” — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
On set, there's a lot of pressure. But it sort of heightens the moments. — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
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… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Obviously technology has become such a big presence in our lives and, I definitely know, in my life. — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
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… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
I definitely check my phone for texts a lot - like, 'Did anyone text me? Is anyone thinking about me? Does anyone love me?' — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
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… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
There's great food everywhere, and even McDonald's uses nice wood now. — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
