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 JonzeI think the way kids create is so inspiring. They're drawing a picture? They love the picture they drew; they're not tortured about it.
Spike JonzeYou make a movie that is about what you want it to be about and let people have their reaction to it.
Spike Jonze