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.
Spike JonzeYou make a movie that is about what you want it to be about and let people have their reaction to it.
Spike JonzeI feel like you only have so much time to make stuff. I'm definitely aware of that. I'm also excited about it.
Spike JonzeThe fact that Maurice Sendak said, "This is something that I made at your age, this was something that was personal to me, and now you need to take it and make something that's personal to you." I don't know, but we made the Where The Wild Things Are movie that we set out to make, and Maurice loves it. If Maurice was anxious about it, then I would be petrified.
Spike Jonze