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
war taken hero
I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero. The minute anybody presumes that they are heroes, they get their boots taken away from them and buried in the sand.
groups aliens wanted
I felt like an alien. I always felt like I never belonged to any group that I wanted to belong to.
illumination tv-news perfect
Watching violence in movies or in TV programs stimulates the spectators to imitate what they see much more than if seen live or on TV news. In movies, violence is filmed with perfect illumination, spectacular scenery, and in slow motion, making it even romantic. However, in the news, the public has a much better perception of how horrible violence can be, and it is used with objectives that do not exist in the movies.
war eye years
I'm as guilty as anyone, because I helped to herald the digital era with _Jurassic Park (1993). But the danger is that it can be abused to the point where nothing is eye-popping any more. The difference between making Jaws (1975) 31 years ago and War of .
media choices watches
I have a choice - I can either watch all the dailies, or I can follow the social media. I can't do both.
ideas long bad-ideas
All good ideas start out as bad ideas, that's why it takes so long.
careers reviews
I didn't read reviews earlier in my career, but I read them now as I'm older. I read them all.
war fighting
For the most part, everybody who fights in war fights to survive.
thinking hungry
Even though I get older, what I do never gets old, and that's what I think keeps me hungry.
passionate scripts my-family
It all starts with the script: it's not worth taking myself away from my family if I don't have something I'm really passionate about.
money making-money makin-money
I'm not really interested in making money.
fashion years film
A lot of the films I've made probably could have worked just as well 50 years ago, and that's just because I have a lot of old-fashion values.
war hero thinking
For one thing, I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero.
divorce writing parent
'E.T.' began with me trying to write a story about my parents' divorce.