I think in terms of chapters. Every time I finish a movie, it's a chapter. When one of my kids graduates from school, that's a chapter. Steven Spielberg More Quotes by Steven Spielberg More Quotes From Steven Spielberg I don't really distinguish between a fictional hero and a real life hero as a basis for any comparison. To me, a hero is a hero. I like making pictures about people who have a personal mission in life or at least in the life of a story who start out with certain low expectations and then over achieve our highest expectations for them. That's the kind of character arc I love dabbling in as a director, as a filmmaker. Steven Spielberg real hero character I think one of the worst things that happened to me was, you know, my voluntary fallout with my father. And then the greatest thing that happened to me was when I saw the light, and realized I needed to love him in a way that he could love me back. Steven Spielberg light father thinking A lot of the films I've made probably could have worked just as well 50 years ago, and that's just because I have a lot of old-fashion values. Steven Spielberg film fashion years One of the gratuities about being a director is that you can volunteer yourself out of difficult details. Steven Spielberg volunteer details directors I dream for a living. Steven Spielberg dream motivational inspirational Before I go off and direct a movie, I always look at four films. They tend to be The Seven Samurai, Lawrence Of Arabia, It's A Wonderful Life and The Searchers. Steven Spielberg arabia directors looks 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. Steven Spielberg oil mom running 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. Steven Spielberg shooting attitude thinking The turning point in my career was Jaws. It was a turning point because I was a director-for-hire before Jaws and because it was such a big hit I could do any movie I wanted and Hollywood just wrote me a cheque. Steven Spielberg hollywood careers directors 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. Steven Spielberg wrecks kids thinking 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. Steven Spielberg manipulation unique laughing The internet is watching us now. If they want to. They can see what sites you visit. In the future, television will be watching us, and customizing itself to what it knows about us. The thrilling thing is, that will make us feel we're part of the medium. The scary thing is, we'll lose our right to privacy. An ad will appear in the air around us, talking directly to us. Steven Spielberg scary air talking Audiences are harder to please if you're just giving them effects, but they're easy to please if it's a good story. Steven Spielberg motivational giving directors All through my career I've done what I can to discover new talent and give them a start. Steven Spielberg careers done giving I thought film was more important than life itself for many years. But I was naive to the world until my first child was born in 1985. Steven Spielberg important children years The costume the actors wear and if they're in stylized makeup and wigs in a live-action movie let's say, in a big costume drama, even though it does give them a sense of great ambience and environment and they kind of feel like they're in a great court, or if they feel like they're in the old west, or if they feel like they're being chased by hobbits or dinosaurs, it all comes down to the actors looking each other in the eye. Steven Spielberg makeup eye drama Tracking action without cutting is the least jarring method of placing the audience into a real-time experience where they are the ones making the subtle choices of where and when to look. Steven Spielberg cutting choices real I've always been interested in UFOs. Steven Spielberg ufo Only a generation of readers will span a generation of writers. Steven Spielberg generations reading book Well, luckily with animation, fantasy is your friend. Steven Spielberg animation fantasy wells
