Spike Jonze Quotes

My kind of success has come a little bit later in life. I'm not 20 any more and these people I've been working with have been successful and good at what they do for a long time.

I understand that there's a certain energy in youth, no question, in terms of pursuing jobs. But there is wisdom in age. It's too bad that the two can't come together because I do think that people are dropped from what they're really good at too soon.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

Age shouldn't affect you. It's just like the size of your shoes - they don't determine how you live your life! You're either marvellous or you're boring, regardless of your age.

There seems to be more opportunities for old guys like me to do a little fighting and running because the lead characters also require a bit of depth and maturity and gravitas that one is likely to acquire doing drama all those years.

The interesting roles have only come since I got into my 30s. But I didn't know that was going to happen.

Adults are obsolete children.

As I get older, I want to draw on my experience to make roles better. I see that in the older women who inspire me - their experience makes them better.

As human beings we value the experience that comes with age. We are reminded over and over again with statements like 'older and wiser' and 'respect your elders,' promoting age as something to be cherished and respected.

It's healthy to have older friends. You go, 'Look, I'm younger than them!' That's always the nice thing, if you can be the youngest one in the room at times. Like if you're always the oldest one in the room, you'll start to feel like the oldest person in the world. So get older friends, because they're cool. Get cool older friends.

My mom is, for 89 years old, is extraordinarily open-minded.

Age is not our fault.

David is 13 years my senior and has much more experience.

Since first starting my career, I've grown accustomed to working with actors older than me. I'm always the youngest.

All of our heroes did silly stuff early and got more serious as time went on. Steve Martin, Adam Sandler, Bill Murray. They got older, wiser, and made different choices.

My material is as new as anything on the dinner table. What difference does it make if I'm 70 or if I'm 20? The audience knows they aren't getting any old stories from me.

When you age, you can do all kinds of roles. You don't have to look great. You can be the mom, the aunt. You can have a small part. You're an actor.

At my age, I'm not trying to score cool points. I'm just excited when I can speak to younger members of our audience in the WWE. I just get to be a superhero to kids, but I'm not trying to be on the cutting edge of style or anything like that. Once you reach that point of deprivation, you don't mind it.

I just really love hanging out with really old people. They're the best dinner dates you could ever have. All that life experience and understanding.

We respect our elders. There is wisdom that comes from experience, and I am not going to stop learning from wise counsel.

There are creative benefits to getting older.

It's good to have some older friends: they have a lot more experience than us young ones.

I am becoming a man; I am maturing day by day. The influence of being around men helps me and makes me be more professional.

I am older than most of my on-screen colleagues, and the ones behind the scenes, too.

I feel like the youthful experience is what drives the creativity, and I feel like experience and maturity as an adult, experience as an elder statesman, that refines it.