Steven Spielberg Quotes

Social media has taken over in America to such an extreme that to get my own kids to look back a week in their history is a miracle, let alone 100 years.

I get that same queasy, nervous, thrilling feeling every time I go to work. That's never worn off since I was 12 years-old with my dad's 8-millimeter movie camera.

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

'E.T.' began with me trying to write a story about my parents' divorce.

I dream for a living. Once a month the sky falls on my head, I come to, and I see another movie I want to make.

I once said that CGI makes you less inventive. At the time I was bemoaning the loss of the practical stunt. If a stunt can be done practically and safely, I'd rather do it old-style.

I always like to play with my kids. I always have the time to do that. That's my priority, always has been, so just interacting with my kids, and being with them is great.

I have never before, in my long and eclectic career, been gifted with such an abundance of natural beauty as I experienced filming 'War Horse' on Dartmoor.

I made 'Saving Private Ryan' for my father. He's the one who filled my head with war stories when I was growing up.

I feel there is no substitute for going out to the movies. There is nothing like it.

I think the greatest thing about DVD is the quality of sound and picture; the real estate to put more extras on; and, my favorite point is it stores quietly in very subtle places in your home .

I love to go to a regular movie theater, especially when the movie is a big crowd-pleaser. It's much better watching a movie with 500 people making noise than with just a dozen.

All I have to do is pose for a picture and I'm getting married to the person standing next to me.

It all starts with the script: it's not worth taking myself away from my family if I don't have something I'm really passionate about.

I think producers are more interested in backing concepts than directors and writers. I don't think that's the right way of making a decision about whether you're going to back a film or not.

I don't play online games. 'Warcraft,' I've played that, but I mainly play action games.

I didn't read reviews earlier in my career, but I read them now as I'm older. I read them all.

The older I get, the more I look at movies as a moving miracle.

So I try to re-invent my own eye every time I tackle a new subject. But it's hard, because everybody has style. You can't help it.

I love my kids as individuals, not as a herd, and I do have a herd of children: I have seven kids.

I have always admired him (Bergman), and I wish I could be an equally good filmmaker as he is, but it will never happen. His love for the cinema almost gives me a guilty conscience

The best time of my life has been the three instances where I have been there for the birth of my children. That is, nothing [else] has ever come close.

Making a movie and not directing the little moments is like drinking a soda and leaving the little slurp puddle for someone else.

I think that is the secret of great acting. You have to bring your imagination to the party. You've got to have a great imagination.

I think in terms of chapters. Every time I finish a movie, it's a chapter. When one of my kids graduates from school, that's a chapter.

She wanted to go over and hug his tears away, but she was too frightened.

Whether in success or in failure, I'm proud of every single movie I've ever directed.

I think Lincoln had a unique parenting style. He let his kids run free and wild.

I just had a crazy, wild imagination all my life, and science fiction is the greatest outlet for me.

I think documentaries are the greatest way to educate an entire generation that doesn't often look back to learn anything about the history that provided a safe haven for so many of us today.

Cell phones tend to bring us more inside of our lives whereas movies offer a chance to escape, so there are two competing forces.

I was making a lot of 8mm home movies, since I was twelve, making little dramas and comedies with the neighborhood kids.

Television has a different biorhythm than movies. I love the biorhythm of TV.

I love history, so I do a lot of movies about history.

My dad's been responsible for a lot of my issues.

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.

The person I enjoy working for more than anyone else is George Lucas. He's the best boss I ever had because he's the most talented boss I ever had.

Twenty years from now, there will still be a square screen, maybe even larger, and people will be sitting in a large, dark space, and they won't know each other unless they bring friends along.

I was afraid of small spaces and I was afraid of the tree outside my window, and I had all these phobias. I think many kids have those phobias, but I probably had more than most.

I have made almost as many films in England as I have in America. I will come back to England again and again.

I'm 62 years old. Am I old enough to win a lifetime achievement award? Yes, I am. Thank you very much.

I'm not really interested in making money. That's always come as the result of success, but it's not been my goal.

I usually do about five cuts as a director. I haven't ever directed a film where I haven't made five passes through the movie, and that takes a long time.

I simply adore 'The Simpsons.' I go to bed in a 'Simpsons' T-shirt.

Like, I took no poetic license with 'Schindler's List' because that was historical, factual documents.

Lincoln believed in the American people.

You can be great just by being yourself.

I can't describe it, what I'm feeling and what I'm thinking. This means something. This is important.

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.

Everybody who works for Amblin Television has to do five jobs.