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
party thinking imagination
I think that is the secret of great acting. You have to bring your imagination to the party. You've got to have a great imagination.
matter able too-much
I make some movies for myself. I do that sometimes when the subject matter is very sensitive and very personal and I really can't imagine that I'm an audience member. I would lose myself too much if I thought of myself as the audience. There are other types of genre films that I need to be able to direct from the audience, to be right next to you watching the picture being made.
film-directing people stories
People have forgotten how to tell a story.
kids years today
All those horrible, traumatic years I spent as a kid became what I draw from creatively today.
kids thinking space
I was afraid of small spaces and I was afraid of the tree outside my window, and I had all these phobias. I think many kids have those phobias, but I probably had more than most.
character thinking film
I think every film I make that puts characters in jeopardy is me purging my own fears, sadly only to re-engage with them shortly after the release of the picture. I'll never make enough films to purge them all.
kids giving insecurity
I still have pretty much the same fears I had as a kid. I'm not sure I'd want to give them up; a lot of these insecurities fuel the movies I make.
goodbye who-i-am looks
Movies become living organisms that graduate from a filmmaker's sphere of influence and pretty much look back and tell you how they need to be said goodbye to. A movie often turns around and looks at you and says, "Here is who I am, and that's maybe now how you see me, but that's who I've become." And you've got to be open enough to go with that.
world film makers
History opens up new worlds to film-makers all the time.
winner
Everybody loves a winner, but nobody loves a winner.
I love history, so I do a lot of movies about history.
mind age blocked
I've always sort of time-locked and mind-blocked myself in my 30s, and that's always the age I feel.
writing years two
I'm not in a race with anybody to make the biggest hit movie anymore. I am just trying to tell stories that I can stay interested in for the two years it takes me to supervise the writing and to direct them.
dad issues responsible
My dad's been responsible for a lot of my issues.