Steven Spielberg Quotes

And I may often question choices I make as a producer. But I've never questioned the choices I make as a director.

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• Most artists, their 60th show was in front of no one. My first show was in front of 1,200 people.

  

  Halsey
  • People
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• I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.

  

  Ian Somerhalder
  • Want
  • Way
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• When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.

  

  Sam Shepard
  • Film
  • First
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• I have a very short attention span.

  

  Frances McDormand
  • Attention
  • Very
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• My philosophy is to not be scared of anyone. If I play well, great; if I don't, I learn from the match and move on.

  

  Saina Nehwal
  • Great
  • Learn
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• Growing Greener doesn't produce money for farmland preservation or open space preservation.

  

  Ed Rendell
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  • Space

• There are still people, obviously, who are stopping you and want a selfie because they need to justify their own lives by being in close proximity to a celebrity... but those are minor with me. I'm not a major celebrity.

  

  Mark Rylance
  • People
  • Celebrity

• Accents influence a performance. If you look at Stanislavski, he says work from the in to the out, and I probably overall work the other way. I find an accent and a mood, and that influences the character massively.

  

  Joe Cole
  • Work
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• As far as 'Dahmer' and 'Jumanji' are concerned, with both of them, they felt super raw and affecting, but in their own ways. I also thought 'Jumanji' was completely not trying to be anything except what it was, and I found it to be hilarious.

  

  Alex Wolff
  • Trying
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• People say a lot of things about LeBron, but he just keeps having a good mentality and grinding. That's what I try to do, proving people wrong by what I do on the court.

  

  Ben Simmons
  • People
  • Good

• I like the idea that I can talk to any teenage girls. You know, in a language that makes sense to them.

  

  Louise Rennison

• If people respond to the songs, whether they love you or hate you, then you've really done your job. You've evoked something.

  

  David Cassidy
  • People
  • Done
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• Family is the most important thing in the world.

  

  Princess Diana
  • World
  • Important
  • Family

• Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

  

  Buddha
  • Peace

• Hollywood will put you in a box, so to speak. Some people will have seen you in 'La Bamba' or another dramatic film and think, 'Okay, that's what Lou does.' But they don't really have an idea of the range or diversity that I can bring to a project.

  

  Lou Diamond Phillips
  • People
  • Diversity

• It was great to work in Ireland because it's such a beautiful country, but it's not particularly easy to film in because the weather changes all the time.

  

  Anjelica Huston
  • Time
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• Yes, I am 100% anarchist. Anarchy, to me, is a belief that all transactions, all activity, should be voluntary. It is a peaceful philosophy of not forcing anyone to do anything and not allowing anyone else to force you to do anything.

  

  Jeff Berwick

• I don't mind a gut. In fact, I would prefer a guy to have a gut than be too built.

  

  Liz Vassey
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  • Guy

• When I'm on the track, I like hearing the fans cheer me on.

  

  Ashton Eaton
  • Cheer

• Jesus himself talked about prayer and meditation. Anything that brings you closer to the Lord, what's wrong with that?

  

  Dennis Quaid
  • Jesus
  • Prayer
  • Meditation

• Cinema affects everything, from the way I get dressed to how I build my stages.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • Everything
  • Build
  • Cinema

• You don't throw your quarterback under the bus, the guy who makes you who you are.

  

  Antonio Brown
  • Guy

• There is this great danger in student life. Now, we rest all upon what Socrates said, or what Copernicus taught; how can we dispute authority which has come down to us, all established, for ages? We must at least question it; we cannot accept anything as granted, beyond the first mathematical formulae. Question everything else.

  

  Maria Mitchell
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• And I may often question choices I make as a producer. But I've never questioned the choices I make as a director.

  

  Steven Spielberg
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