I think Lincoln had a unique parenting style. He let his kids run free and wild. — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
'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
My father had many, many veterans over to the house, and the older I got the more I appreciated their sacrifice. — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
Fathering is a major job, but I need both things in my life: my job to be a director, and my kids… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
The baby boomers owe a big debt of gratitude to the parents and grandparents - who we haven't given enough credit to… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
From a very young age, my parents taught me the most important lesson of my whole life: They taught me how to… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
Even if I'd had a really happy relationship with my father and there was no emotional hiatus for a decade and a… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
I made 'Saving Private Ryan' for my father. He's the one who filled my head with war stories when I was growing… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
I think one of the worst things that happened to me was, you know, my voluntary fallout with my father. And then… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
“Daddy, are you going to yell at us some more today?' Neary gazed down into her clear, guileless eyes. That was how… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
It's still a mystery to me, but even though my mother was like an older sister to me, I kind of put… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
When I was very young, I remember my mother telling me about a friend of hers in Germany, a pianist who played… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I don't dream at night, I dream at day, I dream all day; I'm dreaming for living. — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Casting sometimes is fate and destiny more than skill and talent, from a director's point of view. — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
