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I get that same queasy, nervous, thrilling feeling every time I go to work. That's never worn off since I was 12 years-old with my dad's 8-millimeter movie camera. (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. View quote
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I have a choice - I can either watch all the dailies, or I can follow the social media. I can't do both. View quote
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History opens up new worlds to film-makers all the time. View quote
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I think producers are more interested in backing concepts than directors and writers. I don't think that's the right way of making a decision about whether you're going to back a film or not. View quote
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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. View quote
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I think in terms of chapters. Every time I finish a movie, it's a chapter. When one of my kids graduates from school, that's a chapter. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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My filmmaking really began with technology. It began through technology, not through telling stories, because my 8mm movie camera was the way into whatever I decided to do. View quote
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I was making a lot of 8mm home movies, since I was twelve, making little dramas and comedies with the neighborhood kids. (Steven Spielberg)
I think Lincoln had a unique parenting style. He let his kids run free and wild. View quote
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It all starts with the script: it's not worth taking myself away from my family if I don't have something I'm really passionate about. View quote
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Cell phones tend to bring us more inside of our lives whereas movies offer a chance to escape, so there are two competing forces. View quote
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I go out and look for a good story to tell and if I like it enough and I decide to direct it, I become dangerously involved in becoming a part of that story. View quote
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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. View quote
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The machinery of the democratic process is really no different today from what it was 150 years ago. View quote
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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. View quote
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Bloated budgets are ruining Hollywood - these pictures are squeezing all the other types of movies out of Hollywood. It's disastrous. View quote
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My father had many, many veterans over to the house, and the older I got the more I appreciated their sacrifice. View quote
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If the world ran the way a crew runs a set, we'd have a better, more progressive world. (Steven Spielberg)
When I don't have a story to tell, I'm a terror to live with. View quote
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My early exposure to all the leviathans of the Saturday matinee creature features inspired me, when I grew up, to make 'Jurassic Park.' View quote
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If I weren't a director, I would want to be a film composer. View quote
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I quit college so fast I didn't even clean out my locker. View quote
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