Steven Spielberg Quotes

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.

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• 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.

  

  Steven Spielberg
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  • Dad
  • The Greatest Show on Earth