--- title: "14 Want Quotes By Steven Spielberg" description: "14 Want quotes by Steven Spielberg. Plus more from Steven Spielberg and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b90/steven-spielberg-963_cinema_when-i-grow-up-i-still-want-to-be-a-dire_3031154.jpg" --- > [When I grow up, I still want to be a director.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/when-i-grow-up-i-still-want-to-be-a-director/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b90/steven-spielberg-963_cinema_when-i-grow-up-i-still-want-to-be-a-dire_3031154.jpg) > [I want to be the Cecil B. DeMille of science fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-want-to-be-the-cecil-b-demille-of-science-fiction/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a36/steven-spielberg-963_fiction_i-want-to-be-the-cecil-b-demille-of-scie_2693042.jpg) > [I don't really have a schedule of when I want to show my children my movies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-don-t-really-have-a-schedule-of-when-i-want-to-show-my-children-my/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3f/steven-spielberg-963_children_i-don-t-really-have-a-schedule-of-when-i_198092.jpg) > [If I weren't a director, I would want to be a film composer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/if-i-weren-t-a-director-i-would-want-to-be-a-film-composer/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/773/steven-spielberg-963_cinema_if-i-weren-t-a-director-i-would-want-to_2773732.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) > [I dream for a living. Once a month the sky falls on my head, I come to, and I see another movie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-dream-for-a-living-once-a-month-the-sky-falls-on-my-head-i-come-to/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/steven-spielberg-963_come_i-dream-for-a-living-once-a-month-the-sk_2509079.jpg) > [I still have pretty much the same fears I had as a kid. I'm not sure I'd want to give them up;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-still-have-pretty-much-the-same-fears-i-had-as-a-kid-i-m-not-sure-i/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a48/steven-spielberg-963_fear_i-still-have-pretty-much-the-same-fears_2666732.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) > [I've always been very hopeful which I guess isn't strange coming from me. I don't want to call myself an optimist. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-ve-always-been-very-hopeful-which-i-guess-isn-t-strange-coming-from/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eea/steven-spielberg-963_country_i-ve-always-been-very-hopeful-which-i-gu_398136.jpg) > [Movies are always in a state of locomotion. You start with a general idea of how it should feel and then you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/movies-are-always-in-a-state-of-locomotion-you-start-with-a-general/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10a/steven-spielberg-963_feelings_movies-are-always-in-a-state-of-locomoti_1346869.jpg) > [This whole thing about reality television to me is really indicative of America saying we're not satisfied just watching television, we want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/this-whole-thing-about-reality-television-to-me-is-really-indicative/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dce/steven-spielberg-963_america_this-whole-thing-about-reality-televisio_379968.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) > [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) > [I don't go through a torturous intellectual process to decide what to direct. I know what I want to direct the second…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-don-t-go-through-a-torturous-intellectual-process-to-decide-what-to/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0e/steven-spielberg-963_certain_i-don-t-go-through-a-torturous-intellect_2621550.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## 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/want/steven-spielberg/#itemlist", "name": "14 Want Quotes By Steven Spielberg", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I grow up, I still want to be a director.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steven Spielberg" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/when-i-grow-up-i-still-want-to-be-a-director/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b90/steven-spielberg-963_cinema_when-i-grow-up-i-still-want-to-be-a-dire_3031154.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b90/steven-spielberg-963_cinema_when-i-grow-up-i-still-want-to-be-a-dire_3031154.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b90/steven-spielberg-963_cinema_when-i-grow-up-i-still-want-to-be-a-dire_3031154.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When I grow up, I still want to be a director.” — Steven Spielberg", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want to be the Cecil B. 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