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title: "19 Way Quotes By Steven Spielberg"
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> [There's no better way to test a person than to put them in the middle of a war. That's clearly going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/there-s-no-better-way-to-test-a-person-than-to-put-them-in-the-middle/)

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> [If the world ran the way a crew runs a set, we'd have a better, more progressive world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/if-the-world-ran-the-way-a-crew-runs-a-set-we-d-have-a-better-more/)

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> [My filmmaking really began with technology. It began through technology, not through telling stories, because my 8mm movie camera was the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/my-filmmaking-really-began-with-technology-it-began-through/)

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> [I love Rambo but I think it's potentially a very dangerous movie. It changes history in a frightening way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-love-rambo-but-i-think-it-s-potentially-a-very-dangerous-movie-it/)

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> [I had no choice. It was just something that happened. I was always looking for ways to act out, and I got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-had-no-choice-it-was-just-something-that-happened-i-was-always/)

[Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/)

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> [ \[The way Stanley Kubrick\] tells a story is antithetical to the way we are accustomed to receiving stories. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/the-way-stanley-kubrick-tells-a-story-is-antithetical-to-the-way-we/)

[Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/)

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> [When war comes, two things happen - profits go way, way up and all perishables go way, way down. There becomes a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/when-war-comes-two-things-happen-profits-go-way-way-up-and-all/)

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> [ 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/)

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> [I think one of the worst things that happened to me was, you know, my voluntary fallout with my father. And then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-think-one-of-the-worst-things-that-happened-to-me-was-you-know-my/)

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> [Audience members are only concerned about the story, the concept, the bells and whistles and the noise that a popular film starts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/audience-members-are-only-concerned-about-the-story-the-concept-the/)

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> [It starts with the writer-it's a familiar dictum, but somehow it keeps getting forgotten along the way. No film-maker, irrespective of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/it-starts-with-the-writer-it-s-a-familiar-dictum-but-somehow-it-keeps/)

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> [I was a scared kid... I think I was born a nervous wreck, and I think movies were one way to find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-was-a-scared-kid-i-think-i-was-born-a-nervous-wreck-and-i-think/)

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> [I think producers are more interested in backing concepts than directors and writers. I don't think that's the right way of making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-think-producers-are-more-interested-in-backing-concepts-than/)

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> [I think documentaries are the greatest way to educate an entire generation that doesn't often look back to learn anything about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-think-documentaries-are-the-greatest-way-to-educate-an-entire/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [There's no other way to learn about it, except through documentaries. I encourage documentarians to continue telling stories about World War II.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/there-s-no-other-way-to-learn-about-it-except-through-documentaries-i/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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## Other authors on Way

## 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/)

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> [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/)

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