Steven Allan Spielberg (b.1946) is one of the most popular directors and producers in film history.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Spielberg started making amateur films at the age of ten. His parents had a tough marriage; he often got away from home to make amateurish films with his father’s camera. He made two films about World War II, and a movie about a UFO invasion, starring his sisters as victims.
Spielberg is celebrated for such science fiction and adventure films such as Jaws (1975,) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982,) Jurassic Park (1993,) Saving Private Ryan (1998,) and A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) that broke box-office records. Schindler’s List (1993) won seven Academy Awards.
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I don’t dream at night, I dream all day; I dream for a living.
—Steven Spielberg
Topics: Dreams
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
It makes life so much more enjoyable when you get to go home to your family and go to work with your other family.
—Steven Spielberg
Only a generation of readers will span a generation of writers.
—Steven Spielberg
Topics: Reading, Books
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
I’ve discovered I’ve got this preoccupation with ordinary people pursued by large forces.
—Steven Spielberg
Topics: Potential, Possibilities
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