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179 Thought-Provoking Quotes By Steven Spielberg

Famous As: One of the Most Influential Personalities in the History of Cinema & Hollywood's Best Known Director
Born On: December 18, 1946
Born In: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Founder / Co Founder: USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks Studios, Amblimation, DreamWorks Animation, The Film Foundation, DreamWorks Records
Age: 77 Years
American filmmaker Steven Allen Spielberg is one of the greatest directors to have ever lived. Over the course of a career that has spanned over several decades, he has directed and produced some of Hollywood’s greatest films. Spielberg is not only regarded a brilliant director but also an excellent screenwriter, who has written the script for remarkable films like ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ and ‘A. I. Artificial Intelligence’ among others. Spielberg is the man behind Hollywood blockbusters and cult classic films like ‘Jaws’, ‘Indiana Jones’, the ‘Temple of Doom’, ‘Schindler’s List’, ‘Saving Private Ryan’, ‘Munich’ and ‘Lincoln’ among others. Spielberg’s body of work is a testament to his talent as a writer and director. His two ‘Academy Award’ wins for Best Director is ample proof of the fact that he is one of the greatest filmmakers Hollywood has ever seen. Spielberg has also been vocal about several issues that he feels strongly about and has expressed his thoughts on the same starting from filmmaking to wealth, politics and religion. He is without doubt among the brightest minds of his generation and here is a collection of quotes and sayings that would give you a glimpse into his mind.  
Only a generation of readers will spawn a generation of writers.

Only a generation of readers will spawn a generation of writers.

Steven Spielberg

Technology can be our best friend, and technology can also be the biggest party pooper of our lives. It interrupts our own story, interrupts our ability to have a thought or a daydream, to imagine something wonderful, because we're too busy bridging the walk from the cafeteria back to the office on the cell phone.

Steven Spielberg
The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.

The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.

Steven Spielberg
There is a fine line between censorship and good taste and moral responsibility.

There is a fine line between censorship and good taste and moral responsibility.

Steven Spielberg

I think the key divide between the interactive media and the narrative media is the difficulty in opening up an empathic pathway between the gamer and the character, as differentiated from the audience and the characters in a movie or a television show.

Steven Spielberg
I had a great time creating the future on 'Minority Report,' and it's a future that is coming true faster than any of us thought it would.

I had a great time creating the future on 'Minority Report,' and it's a future that is coming true faster than any of us thought it would.

Steven Spielberg
Even though I get older, what I do never gets old, and that's what I think keeps me hungry.

Even though I get older, what I do never gets old, and that's what I think keeps me hungry.

Steven Spielberg

When I was a kid, there was no collaboration; it's you with a camera bossing your friends around. But as an adult, filmmaking is all about appreciating the talents of the people you surround yourself with and knowing you could never have made any of these films by yourself.

Steven Spielberg
You shouldn't dream your film, you should make it!

You shouldn't dream your film, you should make it!

Steven Spielberg
People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don't have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning.

People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don't have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning.

Steven Spielberg
All of us every single year, we're a different person. I don't think we're the same person all our lives.

All of us every single year, we're a different person. I don't think we're the same person all our lives.

Steven Spielberg

Remember, science fiction's always been the kind of first level alert to think about things to come. It's easier for an audience to take warnings from sci-fi without feeling that we're preaching to them. Every science fiction movie I have ever seen, any one that's worth its weight in celluloid, warns us about things that ultimately come true.

Steven Spielberg

My dad took me out to see a meteor shower when I was a little kid, and it was scary for me because he woke me up in the middle of the night. My heart was beating; I didn't know what he wanted to do. He wouldn't tell me, and he put me in the car and we went off, and I saw all these people lying on blankets, looking up at the sky.

Steven Spielberg

Naturally, it is a terrible, despicable crime when, as in Munich, people are taken hostage, people are killed. But probing the motives of those responsible and showing that they are also individuals with families and have their own story does not excuse what they did.

Steven Spielberg
The Internet has been this miraculous conduit to the undeniable truth to the Holocaust.

The Internet has been this miraculous conduit to the undeniable truth to the Holocaust.

Steven Spielberg
I have never before, in my long and eclectic career, been gifted with such an abundance of natural beauty as I experienced filming 'War Horse' on Dartmoor.

I have never before, in my long and eclectic career, been gifted with such an abundance of natural beauty as I experienced filming 'War Horse' on Dartmoor.

Steven Spielberg
I've always been interested in how we survive and how resourceful we are as Americans.

I've always been interested in how we survive and how resourceful we are as Americans.

Steven Spielberg

I love creating partnerships; I love not having to bear the entire burden of the creative storytelling, and when I have unions like with George Lucas and Peter Jackson, it's really great; not only do I benefit, but the project is better for it.

Steven Spielberg
I love editing. It's one of my favorite parts about filmmaking.

I love editing. It's one of my favorite parts about filmmaking.

Steven Spielberg
I am an American Jew and aware of the sensitivities involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

I am an American Jew and aware of the sensitivities involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Steven Spielberg
I'm always in favor of Israel responding strongly when it's threatened. At the same time, a response to a response doesn't really solve anything. It just creates a perpetual-motion machine.

I'm always in favor of Israel responding strongly when it's threatened. At the same time, a response to a response doesn't really solve anything. It just creates a perpetual-motion machine.

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
The public has an appetite for anything about imagination - anything that is as far away from reality as is creatively possible.

The public has an appetite for anything about imagination - anything that is as far away from reality as is creatively possible.

Steven Spielberg
When I grow up, I still want to be a director.

When I grow up, I still want to be a director.

Steven Spielberg
I like the smell of film. I just like knowing there's film going through the camera.

I like the smell of film. I just like knowing there's film going through the camera.

Steven Spielberg
There is something about killing people at close range that is excruciating. It's bound to try a man's soul.

There is something about killing people at close range that is excruciating. It's bound to try a man's soul.

Steven Spielberg
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.

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.

Steven Spielberg
You have many years ahead of you to create the dreams that we can't even imagine dreaming. You have done more for the collective unconscious of this planet than you will ever know.

You have many years ahead of you to create the dreams that we can't even imagine dreaming. You have done more for the collective unconscious of this planet than you will ever know.

Steven Spielberg
I don't drink coffee. I've never had a cup of coffee in my entire life. That's something you probably don't know about me. I've hated the taste since I was a kid.

I don't drink coffee. I've never had a cup of coffee in my entire life. That's something you probably don't know about me. I've hated the taste since I was a kid.

Steven Spielberg
Whether in success or in failure, I'm proud of every single movie I've ever directed.

Whether in success or in failure, I'm proud of every single movie I've ever directed.

Steven Spielberg