--- title: "14 Ifs Quotes By Steven Spielberg" description: "14 Ifs quotes by Steven Spielberg. Plus more from Steven Spielberg and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbe/steven-spielberg-963_bigs_i-wouldn-t-have-filmed-the-color-purple_2673495.jpg" --- > [I wouldn't have filmed The Color Purple if the book had been a big fat novel. The reason I read it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-wouldn-t-have-filmed-the-color-purple-if-the-book-had-been-a-big/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbe/steven-spielberg-963_bigs_i-wouldn-t-have-filmed-the-color-purple_2673495.jpg) > [Audiences are harder to please if you're just giving them effects, but they're easy to please if it's a good story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/audiences-are-harder-to-please-if-you-re-just-giving-them-effects-but/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fef/steven-spielberg-963_audience_audiences-are-harder-to-please-if-you-re_691559.jpg) > [I would lose myself too much if I thought of myself as the audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-would-lose-myself-too-much-if-i-thought-of-myself-as-the-audience/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d6/steven-spielberg-963_audience_i-would-lose-myself-too-much-if-i-though_2363652.jpg) > [If movies generically don't work, you immediately start to pick apart what ingredients contributed to that. If any movie is working, hopefully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/if-movies-generically-don-t-work-you-immediately-start-to-pick-apart/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f93/steven-spielberg-963_concern_if-movies-generically-don-t-work-you-imm_1064694.jpg) > [If the movie does well, or it doesn't do so well, some movies get great reviews, some movies don't... that's just part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/if-the-movie-does-well-or-it-doesn-t-do-so-well-some-movies-get-great/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/steven-spielberg-963_doe_if-the-movie-does-well-or-it-doesn-t-do_2365319.jpg) > [Movies principally require the best of everybody, all at the same time, being the best they can be. Not just like five…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/movies-principally-require-the-best-of-everybody-all-at-the-same-time/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfd/steven-spielberg-963_being-the-best_movies-principally-require-the-best-of-e_1837482.jpg) > [ It \[Lincoln movie\] had nothing to do with politics. It had nothing to do with holding a mirror up to the way… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/it-lincoln-movie-had-nothing-to-do-with-politics-it-had-nothing-to-do/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ff/steven-spielberg-963_capitol_it-lincoln-movie-had-nothing-to-do-with_993663.jpg) > [I don't want to quit. I've always said that Clint Eastwood is one of my best friends. I've known Clint for many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-don-t-want-to-quit-i-ve-always-said-that-clint-eastwood-is-one-of/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bf/steven-spielberg-963_best-friend_i-don-t-want-to-quit-i-ve-always-said-th_1394139.jpg) > [There's going to be no more digital enhancements or digital additions to anything based on any film I direct. I'm not going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/there-s-going-to-be-no-more-digital-enhancements-or-digital-additions/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f08/steven-spielberg-963_airplane_there-s-going-to-be-no-more-digital-enha_2738717.jpg) > [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…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9e/steven-spielberg-963_action_the-costume-the-actors-wear-and-if-they_64087.jpg) > [The internet is watching us now. If they want to. They can see what sites you visit. In the future, television will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/the-internet-is-watching-us-now-if-they-want-to-they-can-see-what/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ab/steven-spielberg-963_ads_the-internet-is-watching-us-now-if-they_1338795.jpg) > [Watching violence in movies or in TV programs stimulates the spectators to imitate what they see much more than if seen live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/watching-violence-in-movies-or-in-tv-programs-stimulates-the/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00f/steven-spielberg-963_cinema_watching-violence-in-movies-or-in-tv-pro_2939668.jpg) > [Every movie you're going to forget that it's 3D whether it's widescreen or whatever it is, you're going to forget everything if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/every-movie-you-re-going-to-forget-that-it-s-3d-whether-it-s/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cb/steven-spielberg-963_forget_every-movie-you-re-going-to-forget-that_146623.jpg) > [I make some movies for myself. I do that sometimes when the subject matter is very sensitive and very personal and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-make-some-movies-for-myself-i-do-that-sometimes-when-the-subject/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d10/steven-spielberg-963_able_i-make-some-movies-for-myself-i-do-that_1594380.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## 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/ifs/steven-spielberg/#itemlist", "name": "14 Ifs Quotes By Steven Spielberg", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wouldn't have filmed The Color Purple if the book had been a big fat novel. 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