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Spike Jonze Quotes

I'm in awe of directors like the Coen brothers who can shoot their script and edit it, and that's the movie. They're not discovering the movie in postproduction. They're editing the script they shot.

Spike Jonze

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: director
Nationality: american
Birth: October 22, 1969

Topics

Editing Awe Shoot Who Like Shot

One of the jobs of comedy is to expose hypocrisy. When you look at countries like Iran or North Korea that don't have freedom of speech, we who do should push it as far as we need to.

Maz Jobrani

Freedom Push Comedy Speech You Look

It smote me to the heart that I had found no one in all the world who loved me more than all others.

Max Muller

Heart Me World Loved Others More

Don't expect ambiguities, hesitations or palace intrigues from me.

Anibal Cavaco Silva

Me Palace Expect Intrigues

I'm happy to see book clubs on TV. Talking about books has always been an important and invigorating part of reading them, and it's nice that that is getting attention from the media.

Ann Packer

Happy Book Reading Media Talking

Felt is not the easiest thing to animate. It's very flimsy.

Spike Jonze

Felt Easiest Thing Very Thing

I've been around a lot of artists who are also good at business, and... one minute they'll sound like an artist, and the next minute, they'll sound like the characters in 'Mad Men.' Jay-Z's a very good businessman, and he talks about it and enjoys it, but he doesn't shift.

Ron Howard

Good Business Men Artist Mad Sound

One promises much, to avoid giving little.

Luc de Clapiers

Promises Giving Little Avoid Much

I don't think of myself as a leader. I am, but I don't think of myself that way. I'm not trying to belittle what I do, but I think of myself as a dancer first. I'll always be a dancer.

Judith Jamison

Leader Myself I Am Think Trying Way

You write to please yourself, you write to move yourself, to engage yourself in the asking of questions that are important to you.

Jonathan Safran Foer

Yourself Questions You Important

From activism to socialising to starting new bands, 99% of everything that happens on MySpace is fun and positive. But with that many people, there's going to be a few bad apples, which presents challenges.

Chris DeWolfe

Positive Fun People Challenges Bad

I wanted to fulfill my dream of playing in the NFL.

Chris Borland

Dream Playing NFL Wanted Fulfill

I fully realize that the new organization is a human rather than a perfect instrumentality for the attainment of its great objective. As time goes on it will, I am sure, be improved.

Cordell Hull

Great Time I Am Organization Perfect