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I want to be the Cecil B. DeMille of science fiction.

Steven Spielberg

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Steven Spielberg
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: December 18
Actor
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Businessperson
Director
Executive Producer
Film Actor
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Science Fiction Writer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Steven Allan Spielberg
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