--- title: "4 Camera Quotes By Steven Spielberg" description: "4 Camera quotes by Steven Spielberg. Plus more from Steven Spielberg and more Camera sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/163/steven-spielberg-963_camera_my-filmmaking-really-began-with-technolo_792538.jpg" --- > [My filmmaking really began with technology. It began through technology, not through telling stories, because my 8mm movie camera was the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/my-filmmaking-really-began-with-technology-it-began-through/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/163/steven-spielberg-963_camera_my-filmmaking-really-began-with-technolo_792538.jpg) > [3D is not a fire and forget tool. It takes a lot of very careful consideration and it will change your approach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/3d-is-not-a-fire-and-forget-tool-it-takes-a-lot-of-very-careful/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f8/steven-spielberg-963_approach_3d-is-not-a-fire-and-forget-tool-it-take_1494740.jpg) > [I had no choice. It was just something that happened. I was always looking for ways to act out, and I got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-had-no-choice-it-was-just-something-that-happened-i-was-always/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/059/steven-spielberg-963_cameras_i-had-no-choice-it-was-just-something-th_1867470.jpg) > [I get that same queasy, nervous, thrilling feeling every time I go to work. That's never worn off since I was 12…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-get-that-same-queasy-nervous-thrilling-feeling-every-time-i-go-to/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38c/steven-spielberg-963_camera_i-get-that-same-queasy-nervous-thrilling_2619474.jpg) ## Other authors on Camera - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-wilson-52521.jpg) John Wilson 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camera/john-wilson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mary-ellen-mark-65021.jpg) Mary Ellen Mark 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camera/mary-ellen-mark/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henri-cartierbresson-41329.jpg) Henri Cartier-Bresson 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camera/henri-cartier-bresson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-hockney-27569.jpg) David Hockney 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camera/david-hockney/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-annie-leibovitz-13912.jpg) Annie Leibovitz 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camera/annie-leibovitz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kim-weston-57281.jpg) Kim Weston 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camera/kim-weston/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gordon-parks-39048.jpg) Gordon Parks 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camera/gordon-parks/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-eve-arnold-34296.jpg) Eve Arnold 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camera/eve-arnold/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ansel-adams-13994.jpg) Ansel Adams 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camera/ansel-adams/) - [RaMell Ross 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camera/ramell-ross/) - [Rachel Morrison 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camera/rachel-morrison/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-peter-diamandis-74795.jpg) Peter Diamandis 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camera/peter-diamandis/) ## More by Steven Spielberg > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-m-very-used-to-working-with-first-time-actors-you-can-just-look/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) > [Making a movie and not directing the little moments is like drinking a soda and leaving the little slurp puddle for someone else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/making-a-movie-and-not-directing-the-little-moments-is-like-drinking/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) > [Once scouting fully opens its doors to all who desire the same experience that so fully enriched me as a young person, I will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/once-scouting-fully-opens-its-doors-to-all-who-desire-the-same/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) > [I don't dream at night, I dream at day, I dream all day; I'm dreaming for living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-don-t-dream-at-night-i-dream-at-day-i-dream-all-day-i-m-dreaming/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) > [I think the secret of great acting is that you have to bring your imagination to the party. You have to have a great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-think-the-secret-of-great-acting-is-that-you-have-to-bring-your/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) > [I think the greatest thing about DVD is the quality of sound and picture; the real estate to put more extras on; and, my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-think-the-greatest-thing-about-dvd-is-the-quality-of-sound-and/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/audience-members-are-only-concerned-about-the-story-the-concept-the/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) > [I was fifteen, or sixteen. I was in high school. I was spending a summer in California with my second cousins. And I wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-was-fifteen-or-sixteen-i-was-in-high-school-i-was-spending-a-summer/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/you-know-i-don-t-really-do-that-much-looking-inside-me-when-i-m/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) > [Casting sometimes is fate and destiny more than skill and talent, from a director's point of view.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/casting-sometimes-is-fate-and-destiny-more-than-skill-and-talent-from/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/the-costume-the-actors-wear-and-if-they-re-in-stylized-makeup-and/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) > [I didn't read reviews earlier in my career, but I read them now as I'm older. I read them all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-didn-t-read-reviews-earlier-in-my-career-but-i-read-them-now-as-i-m/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/whatever-affect-any-of-my-films-have-on-audiences-i-just-kind-of-stop/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-ve-kept-the-people-who-ve-been-in-my-career-who-i-feel-are-my/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) > [Desperate times require desperate measures. What Lincoln and the Lobbyist for the Amendment and the Manager of the Amendment and himself, what they did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/desperate-times-require-desperate-measures-what-lincoln-and-the/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camera/steven-spielberg/#itemlist", "name": "4 Camera Quotes By Steven Spielberg", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My filmmaking really began with technology. 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