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
men people soul
There is something about killing people at close range that is excruciating. It's bound to try a man's soul.
eye sometimes deny
There are so many rumours about so many of us in the public eye. Sometimes it's too hard to deny what is not true.
scripts
The only thing that gets me back to directing is good scripts.
years today different
The machinery of the democratic process is really no different today from what it was 150 years ago.
character hands color
'The Color Purple' is the kind of character piece that a director like Sidney Lumet could do brilliantly with one hand tied behind his back.
horse war stories
The bones of the story of 'War Horse' is a love story. That's what makes it universal.
eye style trying
So I try to re-invent my own eye every time I tackle a new subject. But it's hard, because everybody has style. You can't help it.
volunteer details directors
One of the gratuities about being a director is that you can volunteer yourself out of difficult details.
daughter mother horse
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.
thinking clouds too-much
My head's not in the clouds, but I think I've gotten too much credit for being an astute businessman.
jurassic-park leviathan parks
My early exposure to all the leviathans of the Saturday matinee creature features inspired me, when I grew up, to make 'Jurassic Park.'
dad earth firsts
My dad took me to my first movie. It was 'The Greatest Show on Earth' in 1952, a movie of such scale it was actually a traumatic experience.
children kids seven
I love my kids as individuals, not as a herd, and I do have a herd of children: I have seven kids.
teacher firsts taught
My first reaction every time I delve into an episode of history that I don't know very much about is... my first reaction is anger that my teachers never taught me about it.