151 Quotes by Spike Jonze

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.

I like naps. I don't drink coffee.

As a director, you never get to watch other directors work, and you also don't get to collaborate with other directors that much.

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.

I love people that willfully defy what you're supposed to be and create their own definition of their selves.

On everything I do I'm always taking someone's money, whether it's a movie studio or a record label. Somebody's paying for it, and I'm always respectful of that. But I'm never going to compromise.

I'm always amazed when any actor can decipher my direction.

Don't differentiate between 'This is a job' and 'This is what I'm doing for fun.' It's all simultaneous.

As creatives, it's a hard thing to push, to make something you're truly excited about, especially if you've written 100 different concepts and they keep getting shot down.