Her Spike Jonze Best Quotes & Sayings

Obviously technology has become such a big presence in our lives and, I definitely know, in my life. — Spike Jonze

I remember when MySpace came out. It did do something pretty incredible - which was unite people around the world with common interests and common tastes. — Spike Jonze

There's a difference between stress and pressure. — Spike Jonze

The past is just a story we tell ourselves. — Spike Jonze

The market groups and demographics said, 'Teenage guys don't read magazines.' — Spike Jonze

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. — Spike Jonze

There's great food everywhere, and even McDonald's uses nice wood now. — Spike Jonze

I've done a couple of interviews, and I realized how uncomfortable I felt as soon as I started talking. — Spike Jonze

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

I knew I could write infinitely about relationships. That's the most beautiful, most confusing, most rewarding, most heartbreaking thing in our lives - and not just romantic relationships: that's all relationships. — Spike Jonze

If I heard somebody else say, 'I worked on a movie for five years', I'd be like, 'What? How could it take that long? What were you doing?' — Spike Jonze

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.' — Spike Jonze

I like hiring people based on a feeling - this person gets it - rather than what they've done in the past. — Spike Jonze

I met Arcade Fire on their first record, 'Funeral.' I loved that record, and it was a record I was listening to while I wrote 'Where the Wild Things Are.' Those songs - especially 'Wake Up' and 'Neighbourhood' - there's a lot of that record that's about childhood. — Spike Jonze

As creatives, it's a hard thing to push, to make something you're truly excited about, especially if you've written 100 different concepts and they keep getting shot down. — Spike Jonze

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. — Spike Jonze

Movies, they take years of my life, so I'm fortunate that I get to work in a lot of different mediums. — Spike Jonze

When you're close to somebody, you can never really know how they're experiencing the world. — Spike Jonze

The invention of the iPod changes how you use music. Suddenly you have music everywhere. — Spike Jonze

Felt is not the easiest thing to animate. It's very flimsy. — Spike Jonze

I like naps. I don't drink coffee. — Spike Jonze

There are a lot of kids in the world. People seem to keep having them. — Spike Jonze

I don't understand the whole testing-numbers thing. It is not how I want to make movies. — Spike Jonze

I'm fortunately not, like, typecast. I don't have to just do one kind of thing; I can do all kinds of things that reflect different parts of me. — Spike Jonze

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. — Spike Jonze

I feel like everything I make is personal to me. — Spike Jonze

I've got to say, I've probably seen a lot more of the Three Stooges than of the Marx Brothers. — Spike Jonze

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

Doing a documentary is about discovering, being open, learning, and following curiosity. — Spike Jonze

I love so many directors. I love David O. Russell. I love David Fincher, I love Alexander Payne and Jane Campion and my aunt. Spike Jonze. There are just so many amazing directors. — Gia Coppola