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

Steven Spielberg

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Steven Spielberg
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 18
Actor
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Executive Producer
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Steven Allan Spielberg
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I've always been interested in how we survive and how resourceful we are as Americans.
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'E.T.' began with me trying to write a story about my parents' divorce.
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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 think Lincoln had a unique parenting style. He let his kids run free and wild.
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When I was very young, I remember my mother telling me about a friend of hers in Germany, a pianist who played a symphony that wasn't permitted, and the Germans came up on stage and broke every finger on her hands. I grew up with stories of Nazis breaking the fingers of Jews.
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I always think if it's a good story, the audience can't wait to run out of the theater and go tweet somebody with the gist of a story, in a nutshell, almost, because it was that interesting.
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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Jihadism have nothing to do with each other.
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I never felt comfortable with myself, because I was never part of the majority. I always felt awkward and shy and on the outside of the momentum of my friends' lives.
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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.
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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.
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When I don't have a movie, I don't take a job just for the sake of working. I just sit it out until I find something I'm passionate about.
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When I grow up, I still want to be a director.
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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.
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The only movie that I would ever even consider retrofitting is the first ‘Jurassic Park,’ which I think would look pretty spectacular in 3D. That’s the only one of my films that I would consider doing in 3D.
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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.
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[The way Stanley Kubrick] tells a story is antithetical to the way we are accustomed to receiving stories.
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I had to get over my fear of running through the world naked and learn to say 'take me or leave me.'
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There is something about killing people at close range that is excruciating. It's bound to try a man's soul.
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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.
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