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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'E.T.' began with me trying to write a story about my parents' divorce.
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This opportunity ... allows all of us to reach out directly to open a much wider door.
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This is a courageous year for filmmakers. ... They are saying 'If I never make another film, this one says what I think and feel.
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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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We don't demonize our targets. They're individuals. They have families. Although what happened in Munich, I condemn.
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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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I personally feel this embargo should be lifted, ... I don't see any reason for its existence beyond grudges carrying into the 21st century.
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INTO THE WEST takes place during one of the single most dramatic periods in American history. We're painting this on a huge canvas in order to tell a story that explores the Gold Rush, the transcontinental railroad, the wild west and the Indian wars leading to the tragedy at Wounded Knee. These are all facets of the American and Native American experience. It's the story about opportunity and the clash of cultures and the eventual overwhelming of one nation's way of life over another.
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I don't think this collection of films represent everything. We're not delivering a shared point of view. These movies are all so different from each other. We all look at a movie through a prism of everything our parents and teachers taught us and what our children are telling us. You can't make a movie expecting everyone will have the same reaction. Ten people seeing 'Munich' will come out with 10 different points of view. It was always that way, sitting around the Passover table talking about the Middle East.
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If he picks the right roles and doesn't forget the theater, I think he can eventually be Alec Guinness or Laurence Olivier.
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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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Once a month the sky falls on my head, I come to and I see another movie I want to make.
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All of us know that the survivors and witnesses have given us a precious gift whose wise use will build a better world for this and future generations.
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A lot of kids only know 'E.T.' from the digitally-enhanced version.