Spike Jonze Quotes

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Spike Jonze

Profession : Director

Birth : October 22, 1969

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.

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

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If you compromise what you're trying to do just a little bit, you'll end up compromising a little more the next day or the next week, and when you lift your head you're suddenly really far away from where you're trying to go.

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Is artificial intelligence less than our intelligence?

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Big emotions that are unexplained are really scary. At least to me.

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I like the idea of the documentary as a portrait. There's not a chronological beginning, middle, and end structure. You build something in the editing room that's shaped by getting to know the person and digging deeper, unpeeling the layers of them as you get to know them.

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Nicolas Cage, I would love to work with him again. He's just a fearless madman. He'll go anywhere you want to go. He would not say 'no' to anything.

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'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.

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Our subjectivity is so completely our own.

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It's fun when you start a movie, because it's kind of like you get to go Christmas shopping... you get to make your wish list and you start thinking about what each character needs.

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I love people that willfully defy what you're supposed to be and create their own definition of their selves.

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You have to be involved and relate to the characters in order to make a film that is true emotionally.

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When I'm making stuff, the thing that excites me most is not the result, but the process and trying to do something I've never done before.

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I definitely enjoy getting to know people I find inspiring.

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I feel like you only have so much time to make stuff. I'm definitely aware of that. I'm also excited about it.

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You make a movie that is about what you want it to be about and let people have their reaction to it.

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The thing I remember most about having a tantrum is not the rage during the tantrum, but the being freaked out afterwards, and embarrassed, and guilty. It's scary to lose control of yourself.

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I feel like everything I make is personal to me.

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Writing is hard.

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If you focus your energy on the camera, it takes away from the time you have to focus on the performances.

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