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Spike Jonze
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
Chris Cooper I got to work with many times. Spike Jonze
Work Got Times Many Cooper Chris
I think there's a knee-jerk reaction to things from parents. Spike Jonze
Parents Think Reaction Things
A great poem leaves so much room for everybody to have such a different reaction to it. Spike Jonze
Great Everybody Poem Reaction Leaves Different Room Much
The market groups and demographics said, 'Teenage guys don't read magazines.' Spike Jonze
Teenage Market Magazines Guys Read Demographics Said Groups
As a director, you never get to watch other directors work, and you also don't get to collaborate with other directors that much. Spike Jonze
Work You Director Other Collaborate Directors Never Also Get Much Watch
I was only going to go to college because that's what I thought you were supposed to do. Spike Jonze
You Thought College Only Supposed Because Go Were Going
The Beastie Boys are guys I loved before I met them, and when I got to know them, we started a magazine together, and we started making videos together, and a lot of it came out of us just cracking ourselves up, like going to the fake mustache store and buying fake mustaches. Spike Jonze
Together Videos Met Before Ourselves Out Mustache Magazine Guys Like Know Boy Got Fake Making Came Lot Up Cracking Going Just Store Loved Them Us Started Buying
The best videos were the ones where I became friends with the artists first. Spike Jonze
Best Videos First Became Were Friends Artists Where
I started directing videos at the same time that Michel Gondry was starting to direct videos, and I watched what he'd do. They all seemed to be pushing some new visual effects idea, but never just for spectacle. They all captured a feeling. Spike Jonze
Time Videos Feeling Visual Some Direct Seemed Directing Never Pushing He Idea New Effects Same Just Same Time Captured Spectacle Watched Started Starting
I'm always inspired by other filmmakers, whether it's a shot or the way they handle tone. Spike Jonze
Other Way Inspired Always Handle Whether Shot Tone Filmmakers
After 'Where the Wild Things Are,' I guess I felt more confident as a writer. Spike Jonze
Wild Guess More Writer Felt Confident Where After Things
I'm very nervous about taking jobs. I always make sure that, if I'm going to work with somebody, that they really understand what it is that I want to do. I'd rather not take the job than be vague about how I'm going to do something and run into trouble later on. It's a hard thing to negotiate. Spike Jonze
Work Job Nervous Somebody Trouble Later Negotiate Jobs Run About Something Rather Take Taking Make Sure Understand Always How Very Than Going Want Really Hard Hard Thing Thing Vague
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
Website You Nike Exactly Exactly What Fabrics Shapes Colours Come Go Sneakers Want Your Choose
Johnny Knoxville went from struggling to pay his rent to being on the cover of 'Rolling Stone' in the course of, like, a month. Spike Jonze
Pay Month Johnny Struggling Like Course Rent Cover His Stone Rolling Rolling Stone Being
There's a difference between stress and pressure. Spike Jonze
Stress Pressure Between Difference
You get a buzz when getting texts: 'Oh, someone's thinking about me.' Spike Jonze
Me You Thinking About Someone Texts Get Getting Oh Buzz
There's great food everywhere, and even McDonald's uses nice wood now. Spike Jonze
Food Great Nice Everywhere Wood McDonald Uses Even Now
I've done the thing where I stop being communicative, and I've been on the other side where the other person isn't communicating, and I become frustrated. Spike Jonze
Become Other Side Been Person Done Stop Being Where Frustrated Communicating Communicative Thing
The strengths and failings of a relationship depend entirely on your ability to talk about your feelings. Spike Jonze
Relationship Feelings Depend Ability About Entirely Failings Talk Your Strengths
Writing is hard. Spike Jonze
Writing Hard
'Where The Wild Things Are,' I think I could have written on my own. When I brought Dave Eggers on, I already had 60 pages of notes. I technically could have, but I don't think I was ready to. I needed him to be there and help me. Spike Jonze
Me Technically Own Think Wild Brought My Own Dave Could Had Written Him Ready Where Notes Pages Help Things Needed
I'm not a film-snob. Spike Jonze
Snob
A lot of times, you have an idea, and all the things you are thinking about might fuel it. But that's not where the idea came from. Spike Jonze
You Thinking About Idea Came Lot Times Where Fuel Might Things
I don't know what life was like 1,000 years ago, but I imagine there was the same struggle: people trying to connect with each other. Spike Jonze
Life Struggle People Other Like Know Years Years Ago Trying Same Connect Each Imagine
I want to make films without a single clear message, and films that are as close as possible to what it feels like to be alive. At least to me. Spike Jonze
Me Single Films Alive Possible Clear Clear Message Feels Like Message Make Without Least Close Want
I worked at this bike shop called Rockville BMX, and I started going on this summer tour with this one company. One summer, we ended up in California, and I got to hang out with the guys who made 'Freestylin' - Andy Jenkins and Mark Lewman. Spike Jonze
Made Mark Summer Out Andy Guys Tour California Got Up Ended Shop Hang Going Bike Worked Who Company Started
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