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'm not one to intellectualize why I did something. - Spike Jonze
I'm not one to intellectualize why I did something.
- Spike Jonze
The past is just a story we tell ourselves. - Spike Jonze
The past is just a story we tell ourselves.
I like hiring people based on a feeling - this person gets it - rather than what they've done in the past. - Spike Jonze
I like hiring people based on a feeling - this person gets it - rather than what they've done in the past.
The things that are really out of control, and scary, are emotions - of people around you, that are unpredictable, or those in yourself which are unp… - Spike Jonze
The things that are really out of control, and scary, are emotions - of people around you, that are unpredictable, or those in yourself which are unp…
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 li… - Spike Jonze
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 li…
I feel like you only have so much time to make stuff. I'm definitely aware of that. I'm also excited about it. - Spike Jonze
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 always aspire to that, where it feels like the film was made by the characters as opposed to the filmmakers. I try to be invisible. - Spike Jonze
I always aspire to that, where it feels like the film was made by the characters as opposed to the filmmakers. I try to be invisible.
Even in this world where you’re getting everything you need and having this nice life, there’s still loneliness and longing and disconnection. - Spike Jonze
Even in this world where you’re getting everything you need and having this nice life, there’s still loneliness and longing and disconnection.
You make a movie that is about what you want it to be about and let people have their reaction to it. - Spike Jonze
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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