476 Quotes by Steven Spielberg

I think we need to take responsibility for the things we put on this planet, and also take responsibility for the things we take off the planet. We need to have limiters on how far we allow ourselves to go - ethical, moral limiters.

When I don't have a movie, I don't take a job just for the sake of working. I just sit it out until I find something I'm passionate about.

I personally feel this embargo should be lifted, ... I don't see any reason for its existence beyond grudges carrying into the 21st century.

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.

There were so many odd, strange things about Abraham Lincoln that I think nobody knew how to pigeonhole him.

INTO THE WEST takes place during one of the single most dramatic periods in American history. We're painting this on a huge canvas in order to tell a story that explores the Gold Rush, the transcontinental railroad, the wild west and the Indian wars leading to the tragedy at Wounded Knee. These are all facets of the American and Native American experience. It's the story about opportunity and the clash of cultures and the eventual overwhelming of one nation's way of life over another.

I missed my dad a lot growing up, even though we were together as a family. My dad was really a workaholic. And he was always working.

The only thing that gets me back to directing is good scripts.

If he picks the right roles and doesn't forget the theater, I think he can eventually be Alec Guinness or Laurence Olivier.