--- title: "8 Lincoln Quotes By Steven Spielberg" description: "8 Lincoln quotes by Steven Spielberg. Plus more from Steven Spielberg and more Lincoln sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c57/steven-spielberg-963_american_lincoln-believed-in-the-american-people_253005.jpg" --- > [Lincoln believed in the American people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/lincoln-believed-in-the-american-people/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c57/steven-spielberg-963_american_lincoln-believed-in-the-american-people_253005.jpg) > [There were so many odd, strange things about Abraham Lincoln that I think nobody knew how to pigeonhole him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/there-were-so-many-odd-strange-things-about-abraham-lincoln-that-i/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/steven-spielberg-963_abraham_there-were-so-many-odd-strange-things-ab_255214.jpg) > [Lincoln's leadership is based on a number of precepts, but my favorite one is that he acted in the name, and for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/lincoln-s-leadership-is-based-on-a-number-of-precepts-but-my-favorite/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e9/steven-spielberg-963_good_lincoln-s-leadership-is-based-on-a-numbe_765920.jpg) > [I think Lincoln had a unique parenting style. He let his kids run free and wild.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-think-lincoln-had-a-unique-parenting-style-he-let-his-kids-run-free/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/230/steven-spielberg-963_free_i-think-lincoln-had-a-unique-parenting-s_1113426.jpg) > [I've always wanted to tell a story about Lincoln. I saw a paternal father figure; I saw someone who was completely, stubbornly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-ve-always-wanted-to-tell-a-story-about-lincoln-i-saw-a-paternal/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f8/steven-spielberg-963_always_i-ve-always-wanted-to-tell-a-story-about_1205696.jpg) > [There's been more written about Lincoln than movies made about him or television portraying him. He's kind of a stranger to our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/there-s-been-more-written-about-lincoln-than-movies-made-about-him-or/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcb/steven-spielberg-963_1930s_there-s-been-more-written-about-lincoln_1227209.jpg) > [I've just always had a personal fascination with the myth of Abraham Lincoln. And once you start to read about him and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-ve-just-always-had-a-personal-fascination-with-the-myth-of-abraham/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/806/steven-spielberg-963_abraham_i-ve-just-always-had-a-personal-fascinat_2098997.jpg) > [All presidents swear an oath to the Constitution to keep this country united, and when the country fell apart, Lincoln had to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/all-presidents-swear-an-oath-to-the-constitution-to-keep-this-country/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/856/steven-spielberg-963_back-together_all-presidents-swear-an-oath-to-the-cons_2770807.jpg) ## Other authors on Lincoln ## 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/lincoln/steven-spielberg/#itemlist", "name": "8 Lincoln Quotes By Steven Spielberg", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Lincoln believed in the American people.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steven Spielberg" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/lincoln-believed-in-the-american-people/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c57/steven-spielberg-963_american_lincoln-believed-in-the-american-people_253005.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c57/steven-spielberg-963_american_lincoln-believed-in-the-american-people_253005.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c57/steven-spielberg-963_american_lincoln-believed-in-the-american-people_253005.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Lincoln believed in the American people.” — Steven Spielberg", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There were so many odd, strange things about Abraham Lincoln that I think nobody knew how to pigeonhole him.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steven Spielberg" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/there-were-so-many-odd-strange-things-about-abraham-lincoln-that-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/steven-spielberg-963_abraham_there-were-so-many-odd-strange-things-ab_255214.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/steven-spielberg-963_abraham_there-were-so-many-odd-strange-things-ab_255214.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/steven-spielberg-963_abraham_there-were-so-many-odd-strange-things-ab_255214.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There were so many odd, strange things about Abraham Lincoln that I think nobody knew how to pigeonhole him.” — Steven Spielberg", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steven Spielberg" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/lincoln-s-leadership-is-based-on-a-number-of-precepts-but-my-favorite/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e9/steven-spielberg-963_good_lincoln-s-leadership-is-based-on-a-numbe_765920.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e9/steven-spielberg-963_good_lincoln-s-leadership-is-based-on-a-numbe_765920.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e9/steven-spielberg-963_good_lincoln-s-leadership-is-based-on-a-numbe_765920.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Lincoln's leadership is based on a number of precepts, but my favorite one is that he acted in the name, and…” — Steven Spielberg", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think Lincoln had a unique parenting style. 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