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You can't start a movie by having the attitude that the script is finished, because if you think the script is finished, your movie is finished before the first day of shooting.
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My dad's been responsible for a lot of my issues.
Steven Spielberg
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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.
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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Jihadism have nothing to do with each other.
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Audience members are only concerned about the story, the concept, the bells and whistles and the noise that a popular film starts to make even before it's popular. So audiences will not be drawn to the technology; they'll be drawn to the story. And I hope it always remains that way.
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There is something that you have that no one else ever had ... When you watch Kirk's Douglas performance in anything, in anything he's ever done, you cannot take your eyes off of him. It's not possible to look away from him.
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There's a lot of confusion about the political ideologies of both parties Democrats and Republicans have switched 180 degrees in 150 years. It just too confusing. Everybody claiming Lincoln as their own. And everybody should claim Lincoln as their own, because he represents all of us, and what he did basically provided the opportunities that all of us are enjoying today.
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I think that the Internet is going to effect the most profound change on the entertainment industries combined. And we're all gonna be tuning into the most popular Internet show in the world, which will be coming from some place in Des Moines. We're all gonna lose our jobs. We're all gonna be on the Internet trying to find an audience.
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I'm certainly hoping that 3D gets to the point where people do not notice it because once they stop noticing it, it just becomes another tool and an aid to help tell a story.
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All I have to do is pose for a picture and I'm getting married to the person standing next to me.
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Whatever affect any of my films have on audiences, I just kind of stop at the door. I make them and I just don't go outside after they're over.
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Before I go off and direct a movie, I always look at four films. They tend to be The Seven Samurai, Lawrence Of Arabia, It's A Wonderful Life and The Searchers.
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You shouldn't dream your film, you should make it!
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The making of the movie and the routine of making the movie is a lot like being in a Spanish prison for five years on a marijuana breakdown.
Steven Spielberg
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When I was younger, all I cared about was what people thought of me and my films. Now I care less about catering, hand-serving, hand-feeding the audience. I've gotten to the point now in my life where I'm serving myself.
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Making a movie and not directing the little moments is like drinking a soda and leaving the little slurp puddle for someone else.
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After a scary movie about the world almost ending, we can walk into the sunlight and say, "Wow, everything's still here. I'm OK!" We like to tease ourselves. Human beings have a need to get close to the edge, and when filmmakers or writers can take them to the edge, it feels like a dream where you're falling, but you wake up just before you hit the ground.
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Most of my presumptions about a production are usually wrong.
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I think every film I make that puts characters in jeopardy is me purging my own fears, sadly only to re-engage with them shortly after the release of the picture. I'll never make enough films to purge them all.
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I'll probably never win an Oscar, but I'll sure have a lot of fun! I really believe that movies are the great escape.
Steven Spielberg
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I had no choice. It was just something that happened. I was always looking for ways to act out, and I got a camera and it acted out for me.
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In '83, not only was there no such thing as performance motion capture technology, there was no such thing as digital animation. This was the analog era.
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All good ideas start out as bad ideas, that's why it takes so long.
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I'd love to build a company that will continue to make movies well beyond me someday. And I'd like to help start something great, even investing in it myself.
Steven Spielberg