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Steven Spielberg Quotes

Because television doesn’t offer the kind of budget that a movie offers, you’ve got to be a little more careful where you spend the money to put the fiction in science Picture Quote #1

Even if I’d had a really happy relationship with my father and there was no emotional hiatus for a decade and a half, I probably would still have made some of the same choices for movies that I’ve made Picture Quote #1

I always think if it’s a good story, the audience can’t wait to run out of the theater and go tweet somebody with the gist of a story, in a nutshell, almost, because it was that interesting Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I even get inspired by movies that aren’t very good, because there’s always something good in movies that are collectively thought of as a failure. There’s good in everything, I find Picture Quote #1

I go out and look for a good story to tell and if I like it enough and I decide to direct it, I become dangerously involved in becoming a part of that story Picture Quote #1

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I think producers are more interested in backing concepts than directors and writers. I don’t think that’s the right way of making a decision about whether you’re going to back a film or not Picture Quote #1

I think that a movie can only be an adjunct or only a supplement to books, to different points of view, to scholars, historians and your own teachers Picture Quote #1

I usually do about five cuts as a director. I haven’t ever directed a film where I haven’t made five passes through the movie, and that takes a long time Picture Quote #1

I was a scared kid... I think I was born a nervous wreck, and I think movies were one way to find a way transferring my own private horrors to everyone else’s lives. It was less of an escape and more of an exorcism Picture Quote #1

I would love to do a musical. I would love that. I would have to find the right book, the right story, but some day I’m going to make one. I would really like to go off and direct a musical. That’s what I would really like to do when I grow up Picture Quote #1

It is not my job to compare my movies. I don’t like to compare my films with other movies because I don’t really have that perspective. It is an intellectual exercise, but it doesn’t intuitively come to me Picture Quote #1

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My filmmaking really began with technology. It began through technology, not through telling stories, because my 8mm movie camera was the way into whatever I decided to do Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

There’s no better way to test a person than to put them in the middle of a war. That’s clearly going to show what kind of a character you’re telling a story about Picture Quote #1

You can’t intellectually purge yourself of who you are. Whatever that is, it’s going to come out in the wash, the film wash. What you are is going to be relevant, if not to yourself, to the movies you make Picture Quote #1

You can’t start a movie by having the attitude that the script is finished, because if you think the script is finished, your movie is finished before the first day of shooting Picture Quote #1

I always like to think of the audience when I am directing. Because I am the audience Picture Quote #1

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The only time I’m totally happy is when I’m watching films or making them Picture Quote #1

I basically took something that was extremely erotic and very intentional, and I reduced it to a simple kiss. I got a lot of criticism for that Picture Quote #1

I had no choice. It was just something that happened. I was always looking for ways to act out, and I got a camera and it acted out for me Picture Quote #1

When you listen, you learn. You absorb like a sponge and your life becomes so much better than when you are just trying to be listened to all the time Picture Quote #1

I’m not really interested in making money. That’s always come as the result of success, but it’s not been my goal Picture Quote #1

Audiences are harder to please if you’re just giving them effects, but they’re easy to please if it’s a good story Picture Quote #1

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Audience members are only concerned about the story, the concept, the bells and whistles and the noise that a popular film starts to make even before it’s popular. So audiences will not be drawn to the technology; they’ll be drawn to the story. And I hope it always remains that way Picture Quote #1

I think the key divide between the interactive media and the narrative media is the difficulty in opening up an empathic pathway between the gamer and the character, as differentiated from the audience and the characters in a movie or a television show Picture Quote #1

My dad took me out to see a meteor shower when I was a little kid, and it was scary for me because he woke me up in the middle of the night. My heart was beating; I didn’t know what he wanted to do. He wouldn’t tell me, and he put me in the car and we went off, and I saw all these people lying on blankets, looking up at the sky Picture Quote #1

The most amazing thing for me is that every single person who sees a movie, not necessarily one of my movies, brings a whole set of unique experiences. Now, through careful manipulation and good storytelling, you can get everybody to clap at the same time, to hopefully laugh at the same time, and to be afraid at the same time Picture Quote #1

We all feel that if we have a crazy idea that might get laughed at, there’s nothing wrong with seeing if there’s a crazy writer out there who agrees with us and can take it to a crazy network and somehow bring something that’s a little bit daft and edgy to life Picture Quote #1

When I was a kid, there was no collaboration; it’s you with a camera bossing your friends around. But as an adult, filmmaking is all about appreciating the talents of the people you surround yourself with and knowing you could never have made any of these films by yourself Picture Quote #1

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Because television doesn’t offer the kind of budget that a movie offers, you’ve got to be a little more careful where you spend the money to put the fiction in science (Steven Spielberg Quotes) Even if I’d had a really happy relationship with my father and there was no emotional hiatus for a decade and a half, I probably would still have made some of the same choices for movies that I’ve made (Steven Spielberg Quotes) I always think if it’s a good story, the audience can’t wait to run out of the theater and go tweet somebody with the gist of a story, in a nutshell, almost, because it was that interesting (Steven Spielberg Quotes) 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 (Steven Spielberg Quotes) I even get inspired by movies that aren’t very good, because there’s always something good in movies that are collectively thought of as a failure. There’s good in everything, I find (Steven Spielberg Quotes) I go out and look for a good story to tell and if I like it enough and I decide to direct it, I become dangerously involved in becoming a part of that story (Steven Spielberg Quotes) I think producers are more interested in backing concepts than directors and writers. I don’t think that’s the right way of making a decision about whether you’re going to back a film or not (Steven Spielberg Quotes) I think that a movie can only be an adjunct or only a supplement to books, to different points of view, to scholars, historians and your own teachers (Steven Spielberg Quotes) I usually do about five cuts as a director. I haven’t ever directed a film where I haven’t made five passes through the movie, and that takes a long time (Steven Spielberg Quotes) I was a scared kid... I think I was born a nervous wreck, and I think movies were one way to find a way transferring my own private horrors to everyone else’s lives. It was less of an escape and more of an exorcism (Steven Spielberg Quotes) I would love to do a musical. I would love that. I would have to find the right book, the right story, but some day I’m going to make one. I would really like to go off and direct a musical. That’s what I would really like to do when I grow up (Steven Spielberg Quotes) It is not my job to compare my movies. I don’t like to compare my films with other movies because I don’t really have that perspective. It is an intellectual exercise, but it doesn’t intuitively come to me (Steven Spielberg Quotes) My filmmaking really began with technology. It began through technology, not through telling stories, because my 8mm movie camera was the way into whatever I decided to do (Steven Spielberg Quotes) 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 (Steven Spielberg Quotes) There’s no better way to test a person than to put them in the middle of a war. That’s clearly going to show what kind of a character you’re telling a story about (Steven Spielberg Quotes) You can’t intellectually purge yourself of who you are. Whatever that is, it’s going to come out in the wash, the film wash. What you are is going to be relevant, if not to yourself, to the movies you make (Steven Spielberg Quotes) You can’t start a movie by having the attitude that the script is finished, because if you think the script is finished, your movie is finished before the first day of shooting (Steven Spielberg Quotes) I always like to think of the audience when I am directing. Because I am the audience (Steven Spielberg Quotes) The only time I’m totally happy is when I’m watching films or making them (Steven Spielberg Quotes) I basically took something that was extremely erotic and very intentional, and I reduced it to a simple kiss. I got a lot of criticism for that (Steven Spielberg Quotes) I had no choice. It was just something that happened. I was always looking for ways to act out, and I got a camera and it acted out for me (Steven Spielberg Quotes) When you listen, you learn. You absorb like a sponge and your life becomes so much better than when you are just trying to be listened to all the time (Steven Spielberg Quotes) I’m not really interested in making money. That’s always come as the result of success, but it’s not been my goal (Steven Spielberg Quotes) Audiences are harder to please if you’re just giving them effects, but they’re easy to please if it’s a good story (Steven Spielberg Quotes) Audience members are only concerned about the story, the concept, the bells and whistles and the noise that a popular film starts to make even before it’s popular. So audiences will not be drawn to the technology; they’ll be drawn to the story. And I hope it always remains that way (Steven Spielberg Quotes) I think the key divide between the interactive media and the narrative media is the difficulty in opening up an empathic pathway between the gamer and the character, as differentiated from the audience and the characters in a movie or a television show (Steven Spielberg Quotes) My dad took me out to see a meteor shower when I was a little kid, and it was scary for me because he woke me up in the middle of the night. My heart was beating; I didn’t know what he wanted to do. He wouldn’t tell me, and he put me in the car and we went off, and I saw all these people lying on blankets, looking up at the sky (Steven Spielberg Quotes) The most amazing thing for me is that every single person who sees a movie, not necessarily one of my movies, brings a whole set of unique experiences. Now, through careful manipulation and good storytelling, you can get everybody to clap at the same time, to hopefully laugh at the same time, and to be afraid at the same time (Steven Spielberg Quotes) We all feel that if we have a crazy idea that might get laughed at, there’s nothing wrong with seeing if there’s a crazy writer out there who agrees with us and can take it to a crazy network and somehow bring something that’s a little bit daft and edgy to life (Steven Spielberg Quotes) When I was a kid, there was no collaboration; it’s you with a camera bossing your friends around. But as an adult, filmmaking is all about appreciating the talents of the people you surround yourself with and knowing you could never have made any of these films by yourself (Steven Spielberg Quotes)

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