--- title: "26 Made Quotes By Steven Spielberg" description: "26 Made quotes by Steven Spielberg. Plus more from Steven Spielberg and more Made sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09b/steven-spielberg-963_back_i-made-empire-of-the-sun-in-shanghai-in_2395843.jpg" --- > [I made 'Empire of the Sun' in Shanghai in the 1980s and want to come back one day to make a movie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-made-empire-of-the-sun-in-shanghai-in-the-1980s-and-want-to-come/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09b/steven-spielberg-963_back_i-made-empire-of-the-sun-in-shanghai-in_2395843.jpg) > [When my children were born, I made the choice I wanted them to be raised as Jews and to have a Jewish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/when-my-children-were-born-i-made-the-choice-i-wanted-them-to-be/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/356/steven-spielberg-963_born_when-my-children-were-born-i-made-the-ch_2849591.jpg) > [A lot of the films I've made probably could have worked just as well 50 years ago, and that's just because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/a-lot-of-the-films-i-ve-made-probably-could-have-worked-just-as-well/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ff/steven-spielberg-963_cinema_a-lot-of-the-films-i-ve-made-probably-co_1129456.jpg) > [I made 'Saving Private Ryan' for my father. He's the one who filled my head with war stories when I was growing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-made-saving-private-ryan-for-my-father-he-s-the-one-who-filled-my/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e7/steven-spielberg-963_father_i-made-saving-private-ryan-for-my-father_2863111.jpg) > [When I felt like an outsider, movies made me feel inside my own skill set.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/when-i-felt-like-an-outsider-movies-made-me-feel-inside-my-own-skill/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ae/steven-spielberg-963_feel_when-i-felt-like-an-outsider-movies-made_2586219.jpg) > [Godzilla was the most masterful of all dinosaur movies because it made you believe it was really happening.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/godzilla-was-the-most-masterful-of-all-dinosaur-movies-because-it/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df4/steven-spielberg-963_believe_godzilla-was-the-most-masterful-of-all-d_2451251.jpg) > [I have made almost as many films in England as I have in America. I will come back to England again and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-have-made-almost-as-many-films-in-england-as-i-have-in-america-i/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/179/steven-spielberg-963_again-and-again_i-have-made-almost-as-many-films-in-engl_609435.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) > [The greatest films ever made in our history were cut on film, and I'm tenaciously hanging on to the process. I just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/the-greatest-films-ever-made-in-our-history-were-cut-on-film-and-i-m/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f93/steven-spielberg-963_cinema_the-greatest-films-ever-made-in-our-hist_556296.jpg) > [There are three movies that I am exceptionally proud of in my life, and I rarely commit to a list of films…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/there-are-three-movies-that-i-am-exceptionally-proud-of-in-my-life/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/741/steven-spielberg-963_cinema_there-are-three-movies-that-i-am-excepti_1239381.jpg) > [Even if I'd had a really happy relationship with my father and there was no emotional hiatus for a decade and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/even-if-i-d-had-a-really-happy-relationship-with-my-father-and-there/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c7/steven-spielberg-963_choices_even-if-i-d-had-a-really-happy-relations_2727618.jpg) > [I'm very used to working with first time actors - you can just look back at 'E.T.' with Drew Barrymore, and Christian…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a2/steven-spielberg-963_actors_i-m-very-used-to-working-with-first-time_1130.jpg) > [I turned down 'Harry Potter' and 'Spider-Man,' two movies that I knew would be phenomenally successful, because I had already made movies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-turned-down-harry-potter-and-spider-man-two-movies-that-i-knew/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f5/steven-spielberg-963_challenges_i-turned-down-harry-potter-and-spider-ma_2134611.jpg) > [I have to stay interested. I can't do the same thing over and over again, which is why I don't do -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-have-to-stay-interested-i-can-t-do-the-same-thing-over-and-over/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a01/steven-spielberg-963_enjoy_i-have-to-stay-interested-i-can-t-do-the_992728.jpg) > [I usually do about five cuts as a director. I haven't ever directed a film where I haven't made five passes through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-usually-do-about-five-cuts-as-a-director-i-haven-t-ever-directed-a/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2db/steven-spielberg-963_cinema_i-usually-do-about-five-cuts-as-a-direct_283205.jpg) > [It is important to know who your friends are and to stay, remain loyal to your friends, despite what you hear, despite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/it-is-important-to-know-who-your-friends-are-and-to-stay-remain-loyal/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/112/steven-spielberg-963_able_it-is-important-to-know-who-your-friends_3126846.jpg) > [With all the movies I've made about history, it's not really fun because you're trying to get it right. You've got history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/with-all-the-movies-i-ve-made-about-history-it-s-not-really-fun/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44d/steven-spielberg-963_creating_with-all-the-movies-i-ve-made-about-hist_2341115.jpg) > [I've got a lot of examples about moments where I thought something would work on film and it didn't work, but I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-ve-got-a-lot-of-examples-about-moments-where-i-thought-something/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31c/steven-spielberg-963_cinema_i-ve-got-a-lot-of-examples-about-moments_329421.jpg) > [The creative process is a very collaborative process. I know it might seem that way because so much ink is spilled and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/the-creative-process-is-a-very-collaborative-process-i-know-it-might/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d02/steven-spielberg-963_admire_the-creative-process-is-a-very-collabora_1932166.jpg) > [I think every movie I've made after 'Indiana Jones,' I've tried to make every single movie as if it was made by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-think-every-movie-i-ve-made-after-indiana-jones-i-ve-tried-to-make/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c30/steven-spielberg-963_cinema_i-think-every-movie-i-ve-made-after-indi_1855408.jpg) > [ I've kept the people who've been in my career who I feel are my family. Kathy \[Kennedy\] had been with me since… ](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/steven-spielberg-963_careers_i-ve-kept-the-people-who-ve-been-in-my-c_71893.jpg) > [All of my movies are about how I wish the world would work. I've made very few movies about how the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/all-of-my-movies-are-about-how-i-wish-the-world-would-work-i-ve-made/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/steven-spielberg-963_art_all-of-my-movies-are-about-how-i-wish-th_2010064.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) > [When I was a kid, there was no collaboration; it's you with a camera bossing your friends around. But as an adult,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/when-i-was-a-kid-there-was-no-collaboration-it-s-you-with-a-camera/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d13/steven-spielberg-963_adults_when-i-was-a-kid-there-was-no-collaborat_317834.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) > [From a very young age, my parents taught me the most important lesson of my whole life: They taught me how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/from-a-very-young-age-my-parents-taught-me-the-most-important-lesson/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/steven-spielberg-963_age_from-a-very-young-age-my-parents-taught_2285552.jpg) ## Other authors on Made ## 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/made/steven-spielberg/#itemlist", "name": "26 Made Quotes By Steven Spielberg", "numberOfItems": 26, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I made 'Empire of the Sun' in Shanghai in the 1980s and want to come back one day to make a movie in China.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steven Spielberg" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-made-empire-of-the-sun-in-shanghai-in-the-1980s-and-want-to-come/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09b/steven-spielberg-963_back_i-made-empire-of-the-sun-in-shanghai-in_2395843.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09b/steven-spielberg-963_back_i-made-empire-of-the-sun-in-shanghai-in_2395843.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09b/steven-spielberg-963_back_i-made-empire-of-the-sun-in-shanghai-in_2395843.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I made 'Empire of the Sun' in Shanghai in the 1980s and want to come back one day to make a movie in China.” — Steven Spielberg", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When my children were born, I made the choice I wanted them to be raised as Jews and to have a Jewish education.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steven Spielberg" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/when-my-children-were-born-i-made-the-choice-i-wanted-them-to-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/356/steven-spielberg-963_born_when-my-children-were-born-i-made-the-ch_2849591.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/356/steven-spielberg-963_born_when-my-children-were-born-i-made-the-ch_2849591.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/356/steven-spielberg-963_born_when-my-children-were-born-i-made-the-ch_2849591.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When my children were born, I made the choice I wanted them to be raised as Jews and to have a Jewish…” — Steven Spielberg", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A lot of the films I've made probably could have worked just as well 50 years ago, and that's just because I have a lot of old-fashion values.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steven Spielberg" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/a-lot-of-the-films-i-ve-made-probably-could-have-worked-just-as-well/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ff/steven-spielberg-963_cinema_a-lot-of-the-films-i-ve-made-probably-co_1129456.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ff/steven-spielberg-963_cinema_a-lot-of-the-films-i-ve-made-probably-co_1129456.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ff/steven-spielberg-963_cinema_a-lot-of-the-films-i-ve-made-probably-co_1129456.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A lot of the films I've made probably could have worked just as well 50 years ago, and that's just because I…” — Steven Spielberg", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I made 'Saving Private Ryan' for my father. 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