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
I think the way kids create is so inspiring. They're drawing a picture? They love the picture they drew; they're not tortured about it.
I definitely enjoy getting to know people I find inspiring.
I feel like you only have so much time to make stuff. I'm definitely aware of that. I'm also excited about it.
As a parent, your perspective of childhood is through the eyes of this person that you care so much about and you just want the world to be great for them. You want their life to be easy and happy.
The invention of the iPod changes how you use music. Suddenly you have music everywhere.
You have to be involved and relate to the characters in order to make a film that is true emotionally.
I don't understand the whole testing-numbers thing. It is not how I want to make movies.
I'm not one to intellectualize why I did something.
Felt is not the easiest thing to animate. It's very flimsy.
Emotions are messy and hard to figure out.
The past is just a story we tell ourselves.
If I can make one generalised statement, and generalised statements are never entirely true, nobody wants to be talked down to, kids included.
What the world is like from a nine-year-old's point of view? My memory is that nothing is explained to you, you've got to try to figure it out, pick up clues from the people around you, try to figure it out from their reactions.
Big emotions that are unexplained are really scary. At least to me.