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, 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.
Even in this world where you’re getting everything you need and having this nice life, there’s still loneliness and longing and disconnection.
I like hiring people based on a feeling - this person gets it - rather than what they've done in the past.
If you focus your energy on the camera, it takes away from the time you have to focus on the performances.
I'm in awe of directors like the Coen brothers who can shoot their script and edit it, and that's the movie. They're not discovering the movie in postproduction. They're editing the script they shot.
I think the thing that is meaningful is when I can tell that someone's been affected by the movie or by anything I made.
When I was 20 years old, I had no plans to ever be a filmmaker.
I think there's a knee-jerk reaction to things from parents.
Some of the best ideas come from sheer discovery, and not by some masterminded, preconceived genius.
When you're close to somebody, you can never really know how they're experiencing the world.