Steven Spielberg Quotes

When I felt like an outsider, movies made me feel ... -Steven Spielberg

When I felt like an outsider, movies made me feel inside my own skill set.

Discovering the context

This quote suggests that during times when the speaker felt like an outsider, engaging with movies provided a sense of belonging and connection to their own abilities.

I love editing. It's one of my favorite parts abou... -Steven Spielberg

I love editing. It's one of my favorite parts about filmmaking.

I wanted to do another movie that could make us laugh and cry and feel good about the world. I wanted to do something else that could make us smile. This is a time when we need to smile more and Hollywood movies are supposed to do that for people in difficult times.

I feel there is no substitute for going out to the... -Steven Spielberg

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

Discovering the context

The quote emphasizes the unique experience and irreplaceable value of watching movies in a theater setting. It suggests that the speaker believes there is no adequate alternative to the immersive and captivating atmosphere of a movie theater, highlighting the special nature of the cinematic experience.

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 don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero. The minute anybody presumes that they are heroes, they get their boots taken away from them and buried in the sand.

You have many years ahead of you to create the dreams that we can't even imagine dreaming. You have done more for the collective unconscious of this planet than you will ever know.

Lincoln's leadership is based on a number of precepts, but my favorite one is that he acted in the name, and for the good, of the people.

Technology can be our best friend, and technology can also be the biggest party pooper of our lives. It interrupts our own story, interrupts our ability to have a thought or a daydream, to imagine something wonderful, because we're too busy bridging the walk from the cafeteria back to the office on the cell phone.

When my children were born, I made the choice I wanted them to be raised as Jews and to have a Jewish education.

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.

All of us every single year, we're a different person. I don't think we're the same person all our lives.

I turned down 'Harry Potter' and 'Spider-Man,' two movies that I knew would be phenomenally successful, because I had already made movies like that before and they offered no challenge to me. I don't need my ego to be reminded.

Remember, science fiction's always been the kind of first level alert to think about things to come. It's easier for an audience to take warnings from sci-fi without feeling that we're preaching to them. Every science fiction movie I have ever seen, any one that's worth its weight in celluloid, warns us about things that ultimately come true.

I feel I'm all over my movies. I know my movies ar... -Steven Spielberg

I feel I'm all over my movies. I know my movies are all over me.

Discovering the context

This quote conveys the speaker's personal connection to their movies. It suggests a deep sense of involvement and identification with their work, indicating that the speaker's creative output reflects their personality, thoughts, or experiences. It implies an intimate and integral relationship between the speaker and their films.

The most amazing thing for me is that every single person who sees a movie, not necessarily one of my movies, brings a whole set of unique experiences. Now, through careful manipulation and good storytelling, you can get everybody to clap at the same time, to hopefully laugh at the same time, and to be afraid at the same time.

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.

My dad took me out to see a meteor shower when I was a little kid, and it was scary for me because he woke me up in the middle of the night. My heart was beating; I didn't know what he wanted to do. He wouldn't tell me, and he put me in the car and we went off, and I saw all these people lying on blankets, looking up at the sky.

My first reaction every time I delve into an episode of history that I don't know very much about is... my first reaction is anger that my teachers never taught me about it.

My problem is that my imagination won't turn off. I wake up so excited I can't eat breakfast. I've never run out of energy. It's not like OPEC oil; I don't worry about a premium going on my energy. It's just always been there. I got it from my mom.

I think Lincoln had a unique parenting style. He l... -Steven Spielberg

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

Discovering the context

The person believes that Abraham Lincoln, the historical figure, had an unconventional approach to parenting by allowing his children considerable freedom.

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.

I was a scared kid... I think I was born a nervous wreck, and I think movies were one way to find a way transferring my own private horrors to everyone else's lives. It was less of an escape and more of an exorcism.

The public has an appetite for anything about imagination - anything that is as far away from reality as is creatively possible.

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

Whether in success or in failure, I'm proud of eve... -Steven Spielberg

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

Steven Spielberg Quotes

Popular Topic