Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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Finding a kid that could be introspective and internal and thoughtful, and then also be wild and free and guileless and physical, it was hard. So at the end we started getting down to panic time, and we still hadn't found our Max. And we decided to go about it a different way. We said, "Let's just find friends of ours that live in interesting cities in the country that maybe aren't as big, and people that don't do casting." And thinking maybe you find a place that has an artistic community, maybe we'll find some interesting kids from there.

Spike Jonze's Popular Quotes

I'm not one to intellectualize why I did something.

- Spike Jonze

The past is just a story we tell ourselves.

- 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

- Spike Jonze