Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg KBE OMRI is an American director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Spielberg is considered one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era, as well as being viewed as one of the most popular directors and producers in film history. He is one of the co-founders of DreamWorks Studios...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth18 December 1947
CountryUnited States of America
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Through the visual arts, the performing arts, the art of music, the art of dance, the art of celebration of life, all of us are dedicated to making this Olympic opening and closing ceremonies the most emotional everyone has ever seen.
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It would make people more comfortable if I made a film that said all targeted assassination is bad, or good, but the movie doesn't take either of those positions. It refuses to. Many of those pundits on the Left and Right would love the film to land somewhere definite. It puts a real burden on the audience to figure out for themselves how they feel about these issues. There are no easy answers to the most complex story of the last 50 years.
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'E.T.' began with me trying to write a story about my parents' divorce.
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We don't demonize our targets. They're individuals. They have families. Although what happened in Munich, I condemn.
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I expected to see a party animal who was going to reap harvest with all the girls on the set. I found the opposite. Leo is a homebody.
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I was saddened that after long negotiations and many compromises we were unable to come to terms with Universal's parent company, GE.
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My intention was never to replace the original film. When people buy 'E.T.' I want them to know they have the original movie, not just for collectors and aficionados, but for everybody who remembers it and wants to continue remembering it just that way.
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My film refuses to be a pamphlet. My screenwriter, Tony Kushner, and I were hoping to make it a visceral, emotional and intellectual experience, combined in such a way that it will help you get in touch with what you feel are the questions the film poses. The most important thing about peace in the Middle East is that people surrender their absolute certainty about what's going on.
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Making a movie where the central character is a horse was a challenge. Because I'm scared of riding. I was thrown as a kid. One of my daughters is a competitive jumper, we live with horses, we have stables on our property. But I don't ride. I observe, and I worry.
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I felt, for the first time in my career, that I was directing a stage production more than a motion picture. Part of directing is psychotherapy. You're sitting there with a lot of very talented patients, and you're hoping your movie doesn't blow up in your face in anarchy.
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to help address the immediate and long term needs resulting from Hurricane Katrina.
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Now, with the response to 'Saving Private Ryan,' generations are coming together to understand how fortunate we are today to live in a free world because of what you and the millions of other veterans did for us.