Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze
Spike Jonzeis an American director, producer, screenwriter and actor, whose work includes music videos, commercials, film and television. He started his feature film directing career with Being John Malkovichand Adaptation, both written by Charlie Kaufman, and then started movies with screenplays of his own with Where the Wild Things Areand Her...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth22 October 1969
CityRockville, MD
CountryUnited States of America
On set, there's a lot of pressure. But it sort of heightens the moments.
There's great food everywhere, and even McDonald's uses nice wood now.
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.
I skated and rode bikes on ramps, and my mom was always super supportive. She was one of the only divorced moms in the neighborhood, so all the other parents looked down upon her for letting her kids do that kind of thing.
I've done a couple of interviews, and I realized how uncomfortable I felt as soon as I started talking.
The strengths and failings of a relationship depend entirely on your ability to talk about your feelings.
Samantha Morton is one of the best actresses in the world.
Every actor I've worked with I want to work with again.
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 a hard thing to know. As a kid, it can be really confusing, because it's all new and you're trying to sort of make your map.
After 'Where The Wild Things Are,' which was this big, long five-year project, I spent a year making small things.
After 'Where the Wild Things Are,' I guess I felt more confident as a writer.
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.
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.
There were times in 'Adaptation' during the editing where I really thought, 'Okay, well, this was a noble failure. I tried to do something good, but this is not going to work.'