'E.T.' began with me trying to write a story about my parents' divorce. — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to tell a story about Lincoln. I saw a paternal father figure; I saw someone who was completely, stubbornly… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
The bones of the story of 'War Horse' is a love story. That's what makes it universal. — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
There's no better way to test a person than to put them in the middle of a war. That's clearly going to… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don't have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
I go out and look for a good story to tell and if I like it enough and I decide to direct… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
Audience members are only concerned about the story, the concept, the bells and whistles and the noise that a popular film starts… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
I would love to do a musical. I would love that. I would have to find the right book, the right story,… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
I always think if it's a good story, the audience can't wait to run out of the theater and go tweet somebody… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
I'm very used to working with first time actors - you can just look back at 'E.T.' with Drew Barrymore, and Christian Bale from… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share
Making a movie and not directing the little moments is like drinking a soda and leaving the little slurp puddle for someone else. — Steven Spielberg Copy Share
Once scouting fully opens its doors to all who desire the same experience that so fully enriched me as a young person, I will… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share
I don't dream at night, I dream at day, I dream all day; I'm dreaming for living. — Steven Spielberg Copy Share
I think the secret of great acting is that you have to bring your imagination to the party. You have to have a great… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share
I think the greatest thing about DVD is the quality of sound and picture; the real estate to put more extras on; and, my… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share
Audience members are only concerned about the story, the concept, the bells and whistles and the noise that a popular film starts to make… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share
I was fifteen, or sixteen. I was in high school. I was spending a summer in California with my second cousins. And I wanted… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share
You know, I don't really do that much looking inside me when I'm working on a project. Whatever I am becomes what that film… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share
Casting sometimes is fate and destiny more than skill and talent, from a director's point of view. — Steven Spielberg Copy Share
The costume the actors wear and if they're in stylized makeup and wigs in a live-action movie let's say, in a big costume drama,… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share
I didn't read reviews earlier in my career, but I read them now as I'm older. I read them all. — Steven Spielberg Copy Share
Whatever affect any of my films have on audiences, I just kind of stop at the door. I make them and I just don't… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share
I've kept the people who've been in my career who I feel are my family. Kathy [Kennedy] had been with me since 1978. Janusz… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share
Desperate times require desperate measures. What Lincoln and the Lobbyist for the Amendment and the Manager of the Amendment and himself, what they did… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share
