Spike Jonze Quotes & Sayings

“I have a home phone number, and I like it! It's like a throwback already.”

“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.”

“I think at the beginning of a project, you decide if you're in love with the idea and what it's about, or what you think it's about at that time at least. Then you commit to it, and once you've commit to it no matter what, no matter how many self doubts you have, you're in it. The ship's sailed, you can't turn around.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“I just want to make whatever is exciting.”

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

“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.”