There is no such thing as science fiction, there is only science eventuality. Steven Spielberg More Quotes by Steven Spielberg More Quotes From Steven Spielberg I wanted to do another movie that could make us laugh and cry and feel good about the world. I wanted to do something else that could make us smile. This is a time when we need to smile more and Hollywood movies are supposed to do that for people in difficult times. Steven Spielberg smile movie people 'E.T.' began with me trying to write a story about my parents' divorce. Steven Spielberg divorce parent writing I made 'Saving Private Ryan' for my father. He's the one who filled my head with war stories when I was growing up. Steven Spielberg growing-up war father This whole thing about reality television to me is really indicative of America saying we're not satisfied just watching television, we want to star in our own TV shows. We want you to discover us and put us in your own TV show, and we want television to be about us, finally. Steven Spielberg stars reality america I feel there is no substitute for going out to the movies. There is nothing like it. Steven Spielberg substitutes going-out feels We all feel that if we have a crazy idea that might get laughed at, there's nothing wrong with seeing if there's a crazy writer out there who agrees with us and can take it to a crazy network and somehow bring something that's a little bit daft and edgy to life. Steven Spielberg crazy littles ideas I always like to play with my kids. I always have the time to do that. That's my priority, always has been, so just interacting with my kids, and being with them is great. Steven Spielberg priorities play kids Steve Jobs was the greatest inventor since Thomas Edison. He put the world at our fingertips. Steven Spielberg fingertips jobs world If I weren't a director, I would want to be a film composer. Steven Spielberg film want directors I believe in 3D for certain kinds of films. I certainly believe in using 3D for all things in animation because animation has such clarity and so much depth of focus. It worked great with 'Avatar' because 70 percent of that film is animated. Steven Spielberg focus depth believe [The way Stanley Kubrick] tells a story is antithetical to the way we are accustomed to receiving stories. Steven Spielberg receiving stories way I love to go to a regular movie theater, especially when the movie is a big crowd-pleaser. It's much better watching a movie with 500 people making noise than with just a dozen. Steven Spielberg dozen crowds people I dream for a living. Once a month the sky falls on my head, I come to, and I see another movie I want to make. Steven Spielberg dream sky fall The only time I have a good hunch the audience is going to be there is when I make the sequel to 'Jurassic Park' or I make another Indiana Jones movie. I know I've got a good shot at getting an audience on opening night. Everything else that is striking out into new territory is a crap shoot. Steven Spielberg jurassic-park territory night I think the greatest thing about DVD is the quality of sound and picture; the real estate to put more extras on; and, my favorite point is it stores quietly in very subtle places in your home . Steven Spielberg real home thinking Audience members are only concerned about the story, the concept, the bells and whistles and the noise that a popular film starts to make even before it's popular. So audiences will not be drawn to the technology; they'll be drawn to the story. And I hope it always remains that way. Steven Spielberg bells technology stories The baby boomers owe a big debt of gratitude to the parents and grandparents - who we haven't given enough credit to anyway - for giving us another generation. Steven Spielberg gratitude baby giving History is so fleeting and we are so busy consuming media and the contemporary culture, voraciously gobbling it up, that we have no room to look back ever, and our young people have a tough time looking back. Steven Spielberg tough-times media people All those horrible, traumatic years I spent as a kid became what I draw from creatively today. Steven Spielberg today kids years Some movies I make for myself. I just sort of make them for myself. I do that sometimes when the subject matter is very sensitive and very personal and I really can't imagine I'm an audience. Steven Spielberg imagine matter sometimes
