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" 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

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" Even if I'd had a really happy relationship with my father and there was no emotional hiatus for a decade and a half, I probably would still have made some of the same choices for movies that I've made. "

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" Fathering is a major job, but I need both things in my life: my job to be a director, and my kids to direct me. "

Steven Spielberg

Need

My Life

" Once a month the sky falls on my head, I come to and I see another movie I want to make. "

" The bones of the story of 'War Horse' is a love story. That's what makes it universal. "

" 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. "

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Time

" I made 'Saving Private Ryan' for my father. He's the one who filled my head with war stories when I was growing up. "

" 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. "

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

" Every time I go to a movie, it's magic, no matter what the movie's about. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" As a Jew I am aware of how important the existence of Israel is for the survival of us all. And because I am proud of being Jewish, I am worried by the growing anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism in the world. "

" And I may often question choices I make as a producer. But I've never questioned the choices I make as a director. "

" 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. "

" 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

Life

You

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