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Spike Jonze
American
Director
Born:
Oct 22
,
1969
About
Love
Make
Me
Think
You
Related authors:
David Lynch
George Lucas
Martin Scorsese
Spike Lee
Steven Spielberg
Tim Burton
Woody Allen
If you compromise what you're trying to do just a little bit, you'll end up compromising a little more the next day or the next week, and when you lift your head you're suddenly really far away from where you're trying to go.
Spike Jonze
Day
You
Bit
More
Compromise
Compromising
Week
Lift
Head
Go
End
Up
Trying
Just
Just A Little Bit
Where
Little
Little Bit
Far
Far Away
Really
Next
Your
Suddenly
Away
I loved Fugazi, the D.C. hardcore band, because they always did everything themselves. They had their own label, and the CDs always cost nine dollars, the T-shirts always cost eight dollars, the shows always cost five dollars, no major label.
Spike Jonze
Band
Own
Nine
Everything
Cost
Had
Major
Major Label
Because
Always
Dollars
Label
Five
Did
Eight
Loved
Themselves
Shows
Hardcore
I have a home phone number, and I like it! It's like a throwback already.
Spike Jonze
Home
Phone
Phone Number
Throwback
Like
Number
Emotions are messy and hard to figure out.
Spike Jonze
Emotions
Out
Messy
Hard
Figure
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
Time
You
Definitely
About
Only
Excited
Feel
Stuff
Like
Also
Make
So Much Time
Much
Aware
I like Kanye, and I care about him.
Spike Jonze
Care
About
Like
Him
Kanye
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
Myself
Phone
Car
Dinner
Few
Something
Hours
Proud
Leave
Go
Very
I definitely liked the Muppets. I definitely liked Yoda in 'Empire Strikes Back' and Chewbacca. I don't know if I was a fan of puppets or those, like, specific characters.
Spike Jonze
Back
Strikes
Those
Definitely
Characters
Puppets
Empire
Like
Know
Liked
Yoda
Fan
Specific
Muppet
If you focus your energy on the camera, it takes away from the time you have to focus on the performances.
Spike Jonze
Time
You
Focus
Energy
Takes
Performance
Camera
Your
Away
I think, as you're growing up, your emotions are just as deep as they are when you're an adult. You're ability to feel lonely, longing, confused or angry are just as deep. We don't feel things more as we get older.
Spike Jonze
Angry
You
Emotions
Confused
Lonely
Longing
Older
Think
Ability
More
Adult
Feel
Up
Get
Just
Your
Deep
Growing
Growing Up
Things
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
Down
Statement
Statements
Kids
Entirely
Never
True
Nobody
Make
Talked
Wants
Included
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 say, 'That was wrong! They didn't get that right!' They're storytellers themselves. They're critics. They're going to have the critical opinion.
Spike Jonze
Love
First
Books
Harry
Say
Harry Potter
Kids
Critical
Critics
See
Be The First
Potter
Wrong
Opinion
Opinionated
Go
Get
Going
Movie
Storytellers
Fiercely
Themselves
Right
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
Christmas
Needs
Character
You
Shopping
Wish
Thinking
Kind
About
Wish List
Like
Make
Because
Go
Get
List
Movie
Your
Fun
Each
Start
I think because I'm not a parent, my most immediate connection to childhood is my memory of my own childhood.
Spike Jonze
Memory
Own
Think
Immediate
Parent
My Own
Most
Because
Childhood
Connection
I don't understand the whole testing-numbers thing. It is not how I want to make movies.
Spike Jonze
Make
Understand
How
Want
Movies
Whole
Thing
I like hiring people based on a feeling - this person gets it - rather than what they've done in the past.
Spike Jonze
People
Feeling
Past
Rather
Like
Hiring
Than
Person
Gets
Done
In The Past
Based
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.
Spike Jonze
Money
Somebody
Everything
Respectful
Record
Record Label
Someone
Compromise
Never
Studio
Taking
Always
Label
Going
Movie
Whether
Paying
Be willing to get fired for a good idea.
Spike Jonze
Good
Willing
Fired
Idea
Get
Good Idea
Moms are people, too. Moms make mistakes, too.
Spike Jonze
People
Mistakes
Too
Make
Moms
When you're close to somebody, you can never really know how they're experiencing the world.
Spike Jonze
You
World
Somebody
Never
Know
How
Close
Experiencing
Really
Obviously, movies and music videos are different because they're different lengths, and in a movie, you have more time to explore an idea. But I feel like they're all the same, really.
Spike Jonze
Music
Time
You
Videos
Music Videos
More
Idea
Feel
Like
Obviously
Because
Same
Different
Movie
Movies
Really
Explore
I wasn't a film kid.
Spike Jonze
Kid
Film
Samantha Morton is one of the best actresses in the world.
Spike Jonze
Best
World
Actress
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 like it. Working with younger artists is totally exciting.
Spike Jonze
Thought
Thirties
Definitely
Wow
Totally
Point
Exciting
Like
Person
Oh
Artists
Anymore
Younger
Working
Youngest
Set
I never knew how to do anything before I did it, really.
Spike Jonze
Before
Never
Knew
How
Did
Anything
Really
Every actor I've worked with I want to work with again.
Spike Jonze
Work
Every
Want
Again
Worked
Actor
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