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" I quit college so fast I didn't even clean out my locker. "

Steven Spielberg

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" I feel there is no substitute for going out to the movies. There is nothing like it. "

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" My dad's been responsible for a lot of my issues. "

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" I think documentaries are the greatest way to educate an entire generation that doesn't often look back to learn anything about the history that provided a safe haven for so many of us today. "

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" Making a movie where the central character is a horse was a challenge. Because I'm scared of riding. I was thrown as a kid. One of my daughters is a competitive jumper, we live with horses, we have stables on our property. But I don't ride. I observe, and I worry. "

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" I've discovered I've got this preoccupation with ordinary people pursued by large forces. "

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" Like, I took no poetic license with 'Schindler's List' because that was historical, factual documents. "

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" 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. "

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