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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It's great being honored by critic organizations, because so often they dishonor you with bad reviews. So this is a wonderful change.
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Dakota Fanning was on my mind the second I decided to make 'War of the Worlds,' ... I know no one her age that's better than she is and more intuitive about human nature. She has a very wise old soul - it's like she's been around about seven or eight times.
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There was not a single point when we thought it would come together as it did. But after '(Saving) Private Ryan,' we just wanted to get back into combat.
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I'm very used to working with first time actors - you can just look back at 'E.T.' with Drew Barrymore, and Christian Bale from 'Empire of the Sun,' who'd never made a movie before.
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'E.T.' began with me trying to write a story about my parents' divorce.
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The last few years in scouting have deeply saddened me to see the Boy Scouts of America actively and publicly participating in discrimination. It's a real shame.
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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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This opportunity ... allows all of us to reach out directly to open a much wider door.
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to help address the immediate and long term needs resulting from Hurricane Katrina.
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I've always been interested in how we survive and how resourceful we are as Americans.
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Kurosawa is the pictorial Shakespeare of our time.
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Documentaries are the first line of education, and the second line of education is dramatization, such as 'The Pacific'.
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Every time I go to a movie, it's magic, no matter what the movie's about.
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Well, luckily with animation, fantasy is your friend.