Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze
Spike Jonzeis an American director, producer, screenwriter and actor, whose work includes music videos, commercials, film and television. He started his feature film directing career with Being John Malkovichand Adaptation, both written by Charlie Kaufman, and then started movies with screenplays of his own with Where the Wild Things Areand Her...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth22 October 1969
CityRockville, MD
CountryUnited States of America
A lot of times, you have an idea, and all the things you are thinking about might fuel it. But that's not where the idea came from.
There was definitely a point in my thirties when I thought, 'Oh, wow, I'm not the youngest person on the set anymore.' But I like it. Working with younger artists is totally exciting.
There were times in 'Adaptation' during the editing where I really thought, 'Okay, well, this was a noble failure. I tried to do something good, but this is not going to work.'
After 'Where The Wild Things Are,' which was this big, long five-year project, I spent a year making small things.
After 'Where the Wild Things Are,' I guess I felt more confident as a writer.
There's great food everywhere, and even McDonald's uses nice wood now.
I started directing videos at the same time that Michel Gondry was starting to direct videos, and I watched what he'd do. They all seemed to be pushing some new visual effects idea, but never just for spectacle. They all captured a feeling.
I skated and rode bikes on ramps, and my mom was always super supportive. She was one of the only divorced moms in the neighborhood, so all the other parents looked down upon her for letting her kids do that kind of thing.
Samantha Morton is one of the best actresses in the world.
If I heard somebody else say, 'I worked on a movie for five years', I'd be like, 'What? How could it take that long? What were you doing?'
I definitely check my phone for texts a lot - like, 'Did anyone text me? Is anyone thinking about me? Does anyone love me?'
I feel like every movie, I've learned more and more about what I think of the world and what I'm trying to figure out.
I don't want to make a movie till I have an idea I have to make. I don't want to make a movie just to make a movie.
I'd love to do a musical one day - a theatre musical.