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My head's not in the clouds, but I think I've gotten too much credit for being an astute businessman. (Steven Spielberg)
I love history, so I do a lot of movies about history. View quote
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I had a great time creating the future on 'Minority Report,' and it's a future that is coming true faster than any of us thought it would. View quote
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I love creating partnerships; I love not having to bear the entire burden of the creative storytelling, and when I have unions like with George Lucas and Peter Jackson, it's really great; not only do I benefit, but the project is better for it. View quote
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All presidents swear an oath to the Constitution to keep this country united, and when the country fell apart, Lincoln had to put it back together again, with a lot of help. But he bore total responsibility. View quote
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I just had a crazy, wild imagination all my life, and science fiction is the greatest outlet for me. View quote
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There were so many odd, strange things about Abraham Lincoln that I think nobody knew how to pigeonhole him. View quote
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You shouldn't dream your film, you should make it! View quote
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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. View quote
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Lincoln's leadership is based on a number of precepts, but my favorite one is that he acted in the name, and for the good, of the people. View quote
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We all feel that if we have a crazy idea that might get laughed at, there's nothing wrong with seeing if there's a crazy writer out there who agrees with us and can take it to a crazy network and somehow bring something that's a little bit daft and edgy to life. (Steven Spielberg)
Audience members are only concerned about the story, the concept, the bells and whistles and the noise that a popular film starts to make even before it's popular. So audiences will not be drawn to the technology; they'll be drawn to the story. And I hope it always remains that way. View quote
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You can't start a movie by having the attitude that the script is finished, because if you think the script is finished, your movie is finished before the first day of shooting. View quote
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My problem is that my imagination won't turn off. I wake up so excited I can't eat breakfast. I've never run out of energy. It's not like OPEC oil; I don't worry about a premium going on my energy. It's just always been there. I got it from my mom. View quote
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I've always been very hopeful which I guess isn't strange coming from me. I don't want to call myself an optimist. I want to say that I've always been full of hope. I've never lost that. I have a lot of hope for this country and for the entire world. . . View quote
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All through my career I've done what I can to discover new talent and give them a start. View quote
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I was a scared kid... I think I was born a nervous wreck, and I think movies were one way to find a way transferring my own private horrors to everyone else's lives. It was less of an escape and more of an exorcism. View quote
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'E.T.' began with me trying to write a story about my parents' divorce. View quote
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I've always been interested in how we survive and how resourceful we are as Americans. View quote
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Casting sometimes is fate and destiny more than skill and talent, from a director's point of view. View quote
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I've always been interested in UFOs. (Steven Spielberg)
I once said that CGI makes you less inventive. At the time I was bemoaning the loss of the practical stunt. If a stunt can be done practically and safely, I'd rather do it old-style. View quote
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I turned down 'Harry Potter' and 'Spider-Man,' two movies that I knew would be phenomenally successful, because I had already made movies like that before and they offered no challenge to me. I don't need my ego to be reminded. View quote
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I have never before, in my long and eclectic career, been gifted with such an abundance of natural beauty as I experienced filming 'War Horse' on Dartmoor. View quote
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My dad took me to my first movie. It was 'The Greatest Show on Earth' in 1952, a movie of such scale it was actually a traumatic experience. View quote
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