MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS THE TALENTED AND COOL DIRECTOR WHO
FILMS INCLUDE BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, ADAPTION, WHERE THE
WILD THINGS ARE AN HER.
JUST TODAY HE LAUNCHED A NEW CABLE NETWORK VICELAND.
>> IT'S SO MUCH FASTER.
>> .
>> PLEASE WELCOME SPIKE JONZE.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TO US WITH THAT NEW
OPENING OF THE SHOW.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: I JUST LOVE IT.
>> I LOVED DOING IT.
THANK YOU GUY, THE BAND WAS AMAZING, THAT PIECE OF MUSIC.
(APPLAUSE) >> THANK YOU FOR PLAYING.
THAT WAS-- THANKS VERY MUCH.
>> Stephen: LET'S DO IT EVERY FOUR YEARS.
>> OKAY.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU AVAILABLE?
WE SHOT THIS LAST FRIDAY.
IT WAS COLD.
>> IT WAS COLD.
>> Stephen: SO IT WAS NOT HARD FOR ME TO ACT MISERABLE.
>> GOOD, GOOD, YOU USED THAT WELL.
>> Stephen: EVERY TIME I SHOOT OUTSIDE WITH LIKE A REAL DIRECT
WE ARE LIKE A SINGLE CAMERA, THAT KIND OF THING, I'M SO HAPPY
THAT I WORK INDOORS AND KNOW WHERE I AM GOING EVERY DAY.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: SOME PLACE WHERE THERE IS HEATING, AND FRESH
WATER.
>> RIGHT.
ALTHOUGH THE MAN WHO IS THERE TO MAKE YOU SAFE, WE SHOT IN THE
MIDDLE.
WE DID THAT ONE SHOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
YOU SAID WHY DON'T YOU WALK OUT IN THE MID WILL OF THE STREET
BETWEEN ROUNDS OF TRAFFIC.
>> YEAH.
AND YOU ALMOST GOT RUN DOWN BY A SCHOOL BUS AND THE MAN WHO WAS
THERE FOR YOUR SAFETY WAS NOT VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
>> Stephen: NO, NO, MY SECURITY IS SPECIFICALLY ASKED
NOT TO HAVE ME RUN OVER BY SCHOOL BUSES.
>> YEAH.
(LAUGHTER).
>> Stephen: WELL, CONGRATULATIONS ON VICELAND.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: NOW I KNOW WHAT VICE IS, WHAT IS VICELAND, WHAT
IS THE WHOLE NETWORK GOING TO BE?
AND IT JUST LAUNCHED TODAY, RIGHT?
>> YEAH, IT LAUNCHED TODAY.
IT'S BASICALLY OUR-- US-- LIKE WHAT-- CHAIN IS DOING IT THE
JOURNALISM AND OBJECTIVE AND WHAT WE ARE DOING IS MORE
SUBJECTIVE.
WE WANTED IT TO FEEL LIKE A CHANNEL MADE BY PEOPLE ABOUT
THINGS WE'RE INTERESTED IN.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE A WHOLE TV CHANNEL THAT IS PERSONAL.
AND SO THE SHOWS ARE MADE BY THE PEOPLE WHO CAME UP WITH THE
IDEAS, ELLEN PAIGE.
>> Stephen: SHE'S GOT GAYCATION IS THE NAME OF HER
SHOW.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: ABOUT WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE A GAY PERSON IN
VARIOUS COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD OR VARIOUS CULTURES AN
SOCIETIES AROUND THE WORLD.
>> YEAH, OR THOMAS MORTON, HE WAS IN OUR SHORT THE OTHER DAY,
HE HAS A SHOW CALLED BALZIK.
AND HE GOES WITH DIFFERENT CULTURES, A PREPARER IN THE
SOUTH OR THE GAY BEAR SCENE IN PROVINCETOWN, HE LIVES WITH
THEM.
>> Stephen: RUNS THE GAMA OF AMERICANA.
>> HE DOES.
>> Stephen: AND JUST FINDS OUT WHAT THAT LIFE IS LIKE?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: IS THIS ALL WITHOUT JUDGEMENT?
>> I THINK SO.
THAT IS OUR INTENTION, YEAH.
>> Stephen: I WOULD SAY THAT THE IMPRESSION THAT I GET FROM
THE TIME THAT I HAVE SPENT WITH YOU AND WATCHING YOUR WORK IS
YOU HAVE AN-- A REALLY FINELY TUNED EMOTIONAL RADAR.
AND LIKE PEOPLE OF ALL KINDS.
WHY DO YOU LIKE SO MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF PEOPLE?
BECAUSE-- I'M NOT SAYING THAT PEOPLE DON'T DESERVE TO BE
LOVED, BUT WE'RE IN A VERY DIVIDED COUNTRY.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT PEOPLE THAT YOU LIKE?
CUZ SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE PEOPLE.
>> U M, I GUESS I'M JUST CURIOUS.
AND I AM I FEEL LIKE THAT IS WHAT YOUR SHOW IS ABOUT TOO.
THIS SHOW IS MADE WITH HEART.
AND NO MATTER WHAT JOKES ARE YOU MAKING IT, UNDERNEATH IT IS A
THREAD OF HEART THAT IS THROUGH IT ALL, THAT JUST COMES FROM
YOU.
>> Stephen: I WOULD HOPE SO.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) >> YEAH AND I FEEL LIKE YOU
KNOW, THE SAME THING WITH THE CHANNEL.
THIS CHANNEL IS MADE BY ALL THESE YOUNG CREATIVE PEOPLE.
>> Stephen: AND THEY'RE VERY YOUNG.
I MEAN MOSTLY, WHEN WE WENT AND SHOT, EVEN THE PEOPLE SHOOTING
WITH US ON THAT DAY, ALL OF THEM COULD HAVE BEEN MY CHILDREN.
YOU ARE THE OLD MAN NOW.
>> I AM, YEAH.
>> Stephen: JUST 40.
>> 6.
>> Stephen: FOUR YEARS AWAY FROM AARP.
>> IS THAT TRUE.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN JOIN AARP IN FOUR YEARS, YOU GET DISCOUNTS
ON MAGAZINES.
YOU CAN GET DISCOUNT TO GO SEE YOUR OWN MOVIE.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: ABSOLUTELY, YEAH TONY HAWK HIT IT LIKE FOUR YEARS
AGO.
>> WOW.
>> Stephen: SO ARE YOU, LIKE ARE YOU A TV EXEC NOW, WHAT IS
YOUR TITLE NOW?
>> MY TV EXECUTIVE TIGHT SELL COPRESIDENT OF THE CHANNEL,
WHICH IS-- .
>> Stephen: SE GOOD.
>> PRETTY RIDICULOUS.
BUT I THINK THE HOPE IS THAT THE SOONER WE CAN SORT OF BUILD THIS
THING TO GIVE OVER TO THE YOUNGER CREATIVE MINDS, THE
BETTER.
AND THAT THINGS SHOULD HAVE-- THIS THING SHOULD BE
CREATIVE ANARCHY.
IT SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS ORGANISM THAT 24 HOUR CABLE
CHAN THEAL CAN BE ANYTHING.
WE WANT TO PLAY WITH IT AND NOT BE PRECIOUS ABOUT THIS.
>> Stephen: WHAT WOULD BE THE THREW-LINE OF IT.
IS THERE A THREW--- THRU LINE FOR A SPIKE JONZE PROJECT.
YOU HAVE DONE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS, LIKE I SAID, BEING JOHN
MALKOVICH OR HER, BUT ALSO JACKASS, THERE SAY REAL RANGE OF
THINGS YOU HELPED CREATE.
WHAT IS THE COMMONALITY BETWEEN THOSE THINGS?
>> I DON'T KNOW OTHER THAN JUST THINGS THAT I MAKE-- IDEAS I'M
EXCITED ABOUT THAT I MAKE WITH PEOPLE THAT I WANT TO BE AROUND.
AND-- .
>> Stephen: DO YOU EVER FEEL LIKE YOU ARE GETTING YOURSELF IN
TROUBLE WHEN YOU SAY YES TO SOMETHING, LIKE BOY, WHY DID I
SAY YES TO THIS?
>> YEAH, YEAH, DEFINITELY, THIS CHANNEL WASN'T EASY.
IT SEEMED LIKE A REALLY FUN IDEA.
AND THEN AS WE GOT INTO IT, I THINK I STARTED OUT AS A
CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CHANNEL.
BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN WITH THE COMPANY FOR TEN YEARS.
OH, I'VE BEEN PUSHING TO DO THIS CHANNEL BECAUSE I LIKED THE IDEA
OF HAVING THIS PLACE WHERE WE COULD MAKE ANYTHING.
AND IT STARTED OUT AS CREATIVE DIRECTOR AND REALIZED THAT SIX
MONTHS INTO IT, IT WAS A LOT OF ORGANIZATION AND A LOT OF
COMMUNICATION AND E-MAILS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
ACTUALLY TO MAKE THE CREATIVE IDEA GET-- TO EXECUTE THE
CREATIVE IDEA.
AND SO THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED I WASN'T SURE WHY I GOT MYSELF
INTO IT.
>> Stephen: IS THERE A CORNER OFFICE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
ARE YOU LIVING THE EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE?
>> NO, ME AND MY FRIEND EDDIE, WE SHARE AN OFFICE.
>> Stephen: OH, MAN.
>> IT'S NICE.
WE GOT OUR NAMES ON THE DOOR.
IT IS PRETTY SLICK.
>> Stephen: YOU WILL BE A TV EXEC, FOR AS LONG AS YOU ARE A
TV EXEXEC COULD I SUGGEST A SLIGHT NAME CHANCE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: SPIKE DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A TV E EX, PEERS, PEERS
JONES JONZE, THE NEXT PHASE OF THE SPIKE.
>> YEAH, I WILL CHANGE IT ON THE DOOR, OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE BREAK.
DO YOU HAVE COMMERCIALS?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: OKAY, WE HAVE COMMERCIALS HERE TOO.
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW HIP THE CHANNEL WAS.
>> WE'RE NOT THAT HIP.
>> Stephen: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE SPOKE JONZE,
STICK AROUND.