Steven Spielberg Quotes
I dont work weekends. Weekends are for my kids. And I have dinner at home every night when Im not physically directing a movie - I get home by six. I put the kids to bed and tell them stories and take them to school the next morning. I work basically from 9.30 to 5.30 and Im strict about that.
Quotes to Explore
-
I didn't grow up listening to The Smiths, but now I am a fan. I love his music and listened to so much of it for the film. It's not a regular biopic; they picked a part of his life that people don't really know about. You learn what informs his lyrics.
-
Suning Appliance has no problem of financial risk. Do you think I'm risky? I'm definitely not risky.
-
I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
-
I really don't believe in magic.
-
I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
-
I believe that leaders should inspire you to be more like them.
-
Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
-
He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.
-
What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since the overwhelming majority of people in Ireland and Northern Ireland voted in favour of the agreement signed on Good Friday 1998, paving the way for Northern Ireland to become the exciting and inspirational place that it is today.
-
Pro-lifers have long been castigated for bringing private values into the public square. But actually it is the pro-abortion position that is based on merely personal views and values.
-
Half the time, people will be abusing me on Twitter, and half the time, somebody will be praising me. So either it will go to my head, or I will take it to my heart. So better I stay away from it.
-
Whenever I have tried to write for other people, that's when my writing has failed, when nobody wanted to read it or buy it. But it's only when I've been able to write a story that makes me excited, only then have other people wanted to read it.
-
Oh God, I don't know if I ever really felt beautiful. I don't, really.
-
People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.
-
My art originates from hallucinations only I can see. I translate the hallucinations and obsessional images that plague me into sculptures and paintings.
-
I do listen to Abba. And a lot of '80s and '90s pop music.
-
I'm the kind of guy who always pushes really hard.
-
Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.
-
I believe in God and a higher power. I'm still not the religious type per se because religion tore my family apart. I'm still a little scared and skeptical being one with any faith.
-
Che serà, serà:What will be, shall be.
-
One important lesson is this: It is okay to try and fail at something, but it isn't okay to not try. Parents need to encourage their kids, and it all starts in the home.
-
People are told their rights when they're arrested. Consumers getting collection letters are entitled to the same courtesy.
-
This applies to many film jobs, not just editing: half the job is doing the job, and the other half is finding ways to get along with people and tuning yourself in to the delicacy of the situation.
-
I dont work weekends. Weekends are for my kids. And I have dinner at home every night when Im not physically directing a movie - I get home by six. I put the kids to bed and tell them stories and take them to school the next morning. I work basically from 9.30 to 5.30 and Im strict about that.
