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I still have pretty much the same fears I had as a kid. I'm not sure I'd want to give them up a lot of these insecurities fuel the movies I make.

Steven Spielberg

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Steven Spielberg
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: December 18
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Cincinnati
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Steven Allan Spielberg
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