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.
Spike JonzeI think because I'm not a parent, my most immediate connection to childhood is my memory of my own childhood.
Spike JonzeEven in this world where youโre getting everything you need and having this nice life, thereโs still loneliness and longing and disconnection.
Spike JonzeDon't differentiate between 'This is a job' and 'This is what I'm doing for fun.' It's all simultaneous.
Spike JonzeI was lucky enough to know Maurice Sendak, and talked to him about doing the movie. For a while, I was really apprehensive of it, because Where The Wild Things Are is a book I love so much, and I didn't want to add something to it just to be able to make a movie, or put my stamp on it, or something like that.
Spike Jonze