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I get very, very anxious on the set. I have a thousand ideas and I don't censor myself. I wind up cutting some of them out in the editing room... I shoot [needless footage] and then don't use later on in the process.

Steven Spielberg

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Steven Spielberg
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 18
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