476 Quotes by Steven Spielberg

In ’83, not only was there no such thing as performance motion capture technology, there was no such thing as digital animation. This was the analog era.

He never gave up. And he does that for us.

Some movies I make for myself. I just sort of make them for myself. I do that sometimes when the subject matter is very sensitive and very personal and I really can’t imagine I’m an audience.

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.

It starts with the writer-it’s a familiar dictum, but somehow it keeps getting forgotten along the way. No film-maker, irrespective of his electronic bag of tricks, can ever afford to forget his commitment to the written word.

The only time I’m totally happy is when I’m watching films or making them.

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

I didn’t read reviews earlier in my career, but I read them now as I’m older. I read them all.

I’ll probably never win an Oscar, but I’ll sure have a lot of fun! I really believe that movies are the great escape.