As a director, you never get to watch other directors work, and you also don't get to collaborate with other directors that… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
I love people that willfully defy what you're supposed to be and create their own definition of their selves. — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
If you focus your energy on the camera, it takes away from the time you have to focus on the performances. — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
A lot of times, you have an idea, and all the things you are thinking about might fuel it. But that's not… — 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
Emotions are messy and hard to figure out. Hard to know where you start and the next person stops. Even as an… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
I think if something's emotionally real - and I'm not even talking about in movies or in art, but in life -… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
Everything in L.A. is - it's just an easy place to live in. The houses are nice, the backyards are nice, you… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
I love when me and my friends don't know how to make something - there's that risk of failure, which should be… — 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… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
I think there is something about... unless you come from a really evolved family that allowed you to talk about your feelings… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
I was only going to go to college because that's what I thought you were supposed to do. — 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
When you're close to somebody, you can never really know how they're experiencing the world. — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
You can go on Nike's website and choose exactly what fabrics and colours and shapes you want your sneakers to come in. — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
Nicolas Cage, I would love to work with him again. He's just a fearless madman. He'll go anywhere you want to go.… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
I like the idea of the documentary as a portrait. There's not a chronological beginning, middle, and end structure. You build something… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
I think at the beginning of a project, you decide if you're in love with the idea and what it's about, or… — 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
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
