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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Making a movie where the central character is a horse was a challenge. Because I'm scared of riding. I was thrown as a kid. 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.
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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 will never make a movie about any of the events of 9/11.
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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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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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I was saddened that after long negotiations and many compromises we were unable to come to terms with Universal's parent company, GE.
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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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I think you'll understand the way we feel about it the night of the Academy Awards. I think when Mr. Kazan walks out to accept his award, I think you'll feel from a lot of people in the Academy good support for his work. The body of his work has been a great influence upon me and all of my peers.
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Our hope is that the archive will be a resource so enduring that 10, or 50, or even 100 years from now, people around the world will learn directly from survivors and witnesses about the atrocities of the Holocaust.
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This opportunity ... allows all of us to reach out directly to open a much wider door.
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I've always been interested in how we survive and how resourceful we are as Americans.
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I never felt comfortable with myself, because I was never part of the majority. I always felt awkward and shy and on the outside of the momentum of my friends' lives.
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I love editing. It's one of my favorite parts about filmmaking.
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I am a very impatient director.