Steven Spielberg Quotes

'The Color Purple' is the kind of character piece that a director like Sidney Lumet could do brilliantly with one hand tied behind his back.

Steven Spielberg

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• Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Think
  • Trust
  • Brain

• I did a rendition of 'Billie Jean' which is on my Soundcloud. I put it on Twitter, and it got about 3000 hits that day.

  

  Idris Elba
  • Day
  • Got
  • Twitter

• I can hardly eat meat because it has to look like something what it was not when it was alive.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • Look
  • Alive
  • I Can

• There are times when marriage is not such a comfortable place... But you find your way; you become a different person. You grow into it. And you have to work at marriage every day.

  

  Kajol
  • Work
  • Different
  • Day

• Everybody knows the story of The Smiths. You can still go and see Morrissey.

  

  Jack Lowden
  • You
  • Story
  • See

• Due to the reliance on the old heavy industries in many parts of the country, it makes perfect sense that we need to spend more money per head of population on welfare support in Scotland.

  

  Iain Duncan Smith
  • Country
  • Money
  • Support

• I'll tell you what I miss most. What I would love to do, more than anything, is just anthologies. With an anthology you can tell any story and be in every division of television. We don't have any anthologies anymore, do we?

  

  Aaron Spelling
  • Story
  • Tell
  • Miss

• Nobody took you out for lunch when I started. Carla Bruni took me out for lunch once. She was really nice. Otherwise, you don't get fed.

  

  Kate Moss
  • Me
  • Nice
  • Really

• If women's rights are a problem for some modern Muslim men, it is neither because of the Quran nor the Prophet, nor the Islamic tradition, but simply because those rights conflict with the interests of a male elite.

  

  Fatema Mernissi
  • Men
  • Women
  • Conflict

• I do yoga, I do Bikram and I run, and I eat really healthy.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Yoga
  • Healthy
  • Run

• I'm very fortunate. I have a wonderful family, lots of hobbies and athletic pursuits. I always wanted to have a very well-rounded life.

  

  Laura Lang
  • Life
  • Family
  • Always

• The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it, America has become no better than any other country in the world.

  

  Harry Browne
  • World
  • Country
  • America

• The Australian accent is sort of like going down a step in smartness, you could say, because you guys pronounce things as they're spelled. We add and abbreviate stuff.

  

  Callan McAuliffe
  • You
  • Down
  • Step

• Good satire comes from anger. It comes from a sense of injustice, that there are wrongs in the world that need to be fixed. And what better place to get that well of venom and outrage boiling than a newsroom, because you're on the front lines.

  

  Carl Hiaasen
  • World
  • Good
  • Anger

• I am the hero of Africa.

  

  Idi Amin
  • Hero
  • Africa

• Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially if you choose to surround yourself with friends and not acolytes.

  

  Barbara Kruger
  • Friends
  • Cool
  • Surround Yourself

• Kelly, Kelly, Kelly. I love your voice man, you give me chills... Brilliant.

  

  Randy Jackson Breakfast Club
  • Man
  • Voice
  • Give

• The law doesn't create a right.

  

  Jack Kevorkian
  • Law
  • Right
  • Create

• When I do any stand-up, you're the writer, director, and producer. You're alone.

  

  Andrew Dice Clay
  • Director
  • Producer
  • Standup

• The fact is fiction is always a representation of life, sometimes the lives of famous people.

  

  Varley O'Connor
  • People
  • Life
  • Famous

• On playing Batman and his daughter: If I was doing the sequel to Frozen I would be a hero. My two older daughters could give a sh-t about Batman and they've now passed that affection onto my son. He's always like, 'Papa, can I watch Frozen?' And I'm like, 'No, dude, it's not on again!'.

  

  Ben Affleck
  • Son
  • Daughter
  • Hero

• As leopard feels at home with leopard.

  

  George Eliot
  • Home
  • Feels
  • Leopard

• When I go to buy a book, I always ask if it is right for me at this time, something I need right now. I think a lot of people go out and buy books because they love to read. They read it really fast and then move on to the next book. I don't do that.

  

  Echo Bodine
  • Right
  • Books
  • Read

• 'The Color Purple' is the kind of character piece that a director like Sidney Lumet could do brilliantly with one hand tied behind his back.

  

  Steven Spielberg
  • Director
  • The Color Purple
  • Character piece