I feel like everything I make is personal to me. Spike Jonze More Quotes by Spike Jonze More Quotes From Spike Jonze 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. Spike Jonze endbeginningyouediting I have a home phone number, and I like it! It's like a throwback already. Spike Jonze phonelikethrowbackhome Is artificial intelligence less than our intelligence? Spike Jonze artificial-intelligenceintelligence 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 most-beautifulourbeautifulromantic 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 lovedchildhoodwake-upfire Emotions are messy and hard to figure out. Hard to know where you start and the next person stops. Even as an adult, that's a hard thing to know. As a kid, it can be really confusing, because it's all new and you're trying to sort of make your map. Spike Jonze emotionsnewstartyou I definitely check my phone for texts a lot - like, 'Did anyone text me? Is anyone thinking about me? Does anyone love me?' Spike Jonze love-memelovethinking 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. Spike Jonze youfearlessworklove I like Kanye, and I care about him. Spike Jonze abouthimlikecare 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. Spike Jonze losecontrolyourselfremember I like people that define their own values. I am much more interested in somebody who has their own definition of what they value, their own definition of what success is, their own definition of what love is. Spike Jonze i-amsuccesslovepeople I love people that willfully defy what you're supposed to be and create their own definition of their selves. Spike Jonze ownyoulovepeople I definitely liked the Muppets. I definitely liked Yoda in 'Empire Strikes Back' and Chewbacca. I don't know if I was a fan of puppets or those, like, specific characters. Spike Jonze empirebacklikeknow If you focus your energy on the camera, it takes away from the time you have to focus on the performances. Spike Jonze camerayoufocustime Kids are so fiercely opinionated, that if they love the Harry Potter books and they go see the movie, they'll be the first to say, 'That was wrong! They didn't get that right!' They're storytellers themselves. They're critics. They're going to have the critical opinion. Spike Jonze goseeopinionlove
