--- title: "18 Years Quotes By Steven Spielberg" description: "18 Years quotes by Steven Spielberg. Plus more from Steven Spielberg and more Years sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84a/steven-spielberg-963_kirk_i-ve-been-shooting-movies-and-television_1506402.jpg" --- > [ I've been shooting movies and television shows for now 47 years and I've worked with the best of them and \[Kirk Douglas\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-ve-been-shooting-movies-and-television-shows-for-now-47-years-and-i/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84a/steven-spielberg-963_kirk_i-ve-been-shooting-movies-and-television_1506402.jpg) > [All those horrible, traumatic years I spent as a kid became what I draw from creatively today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/all-those-horrible-traumatic-years-i-spent-as-a-kid-became-what-i/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dd/steven-spielberg-963_artist_all-those-horrible-traumatic-years-i-spe_727229.jpg) > [Social media has taken over in America to such an extreme that to get my own kids to look back a week…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/social-media-has-taken-over-in-america-to-such-an-extreme-that-to-get/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd1/steven-spielberg-963_100-years_social-media-has-taken-over-in-america-t_734325.jpg) > [I thought film was more important than life itself for many years. But I was naive to the world until my first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-thought-film-was-more-important-than-life-itself-for-many-years-but/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/270/steven-spielberg-963_born_i-thought-film-was-more-important-than-l_668594.jpg) > [You have many years ahead of you to create the dreams that we can't even imagine dreaming. You have done more for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/you-have-many-years-ahead-of-you-to-create-the-dreams-that-we-can-t/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/579/steven-spielberg-963_collective-unconscio_you-have-many-years-ahead-of-you-to-crea_454947.jpg) > [The most expensive habit in the world is celluloid, not heroin, and I need a fix every few years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/the-most-expensive-habit-in-the-world-is-celluloid-not-heroin-and-i/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c9/steven-spielberg-963_celluloid_the-most-expensive-habit-in-the-world-is_321904.jpg) > [The machinery of the democratic process is really no different today from what it was 150 years ago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/the-machinery-of-the-democratic-process-is-really-no-different-today/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/796/steven-spielberg-963_democracy_the-machinery-of-the-democratic-process_2746547.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) > [ There's a lot of confusion about the political ideologies of both parties \[Democrats and Republicans\] have switched 180 degrees in 150 years.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/there-s-a-lot-of-confusion-about-the-political-ideologies-of-both/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/403/steven-spielberg-963_claims_there-s-a-lot-of-confusion-about-the-pol_1444604.jpg) > [I'm as guilty as anyone, because I helped to herald the digital era with \_Jurassic Park (1993). But the danger is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-m-as-guilty-as-anyone-because-i-helped-to-herald-the-digital-era/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f7/steven-spielberg-963_danger_i-m-as-guilty-as-anyone-because-i-helped_267185.jpg) > [Twenty years from now, there will still be a square screen, maybe even larger, and people will be sitting in a large,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/twenty-years-from-now-there-will-still-be-a-square-screen-maybe-even/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/620/steven-spielberg-963_dark_twenty-years-from-now-there-will-still-b_658015.jpg) > [People can relate to horses. Horses, I think, are basically in our genetic history. Horses were part of our culture, part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/people-can-relate-to-horses-horses-i-think-are-basically-in-our/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f9/steven-spielberg-963_animal_people-can-relate-to-horses-horses-i-thi_1617473.jpg) > [I'm not in a race with anybody to make the biggest hit movie anymore. I am just trying to tell stories that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-m-not-in-a-race-with-anybody-to-make-the-biggest-hit-movie-anymore/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df0/steven-spielberg-963_direct_i-m-not-in-a-race-with-anybody-to-make-t_1404469.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) > [I get that same queasy, nervous, thrilling feeling every time I go to work. That's never worn off since I was 12…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-get-that-same-queasy-nervous-thrilling-feeling-every-time-i-go-to/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38c/steven-spielberg-963_camera_i-get-that-same-queasy-nervous-thrilling_2619474.jpg) > [I'm 62 years old. Am I old enough to win a lifetime achievement award? Yes, I am. Thank you very much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-m-62-years-old-am-i-old-enough-to-win-a-lifetime-achievement-award/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/steven-spielberg-963_achievement_i-m-62-years-old-am-i-old-enough-to-win_2983881.jpg) > [I'm as guilty as anyone, because I helped to herald the digital era with Jurassic Park. But the danger is that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-m-as-guilty-as-anyone-because-i-helped-to-herald-the-digital-era-2/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31c/steven-spielberg-963_danger_i-m-as-guilty-as-anyone-because-i-helped_918337.jpg) > [I did not make this film about Frank Abagnale because of what he did . . but because of what he has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-did-not-make-this-film-about-frank-abagnale-because-of-what-he-did/) [Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e30/steven-spielberg-963_cinema_i-did-not-make-this-film-about-frank-aba_1454895.jpg) ## Other authors on Years ## 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/years/steven-spielberg/#itemlist", "name": "18 Years Quotes By Steven Spielberg", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've been shooting movies and television shows for now 47 years and I've worked with the best of them and [Kirk Douglas] is the only movie star I ever met.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steven Spielberg" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/i-ve-been-shooting-movies-and-television-shows-for-now-47-years-and-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84a/steven-spielberg-963_kirk_i-ve-been-shooting-movies-and-television_1506402.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84a/steven-spielberg-963_kirk_i-ve-been-shooting-movies-and-television_1506402.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84a/steven-spielberg-963_kirk_i-ve-been-shooting-movies-and-television_1506402.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've been shooting movies and television shows for now 47 years and I've worked with the best of them and…” — Steven Spielberg", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All those horrible, traumatic years I spent as a kid became what I draw from creatively today.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steven Spielberg" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/all-those-horrible-traumatic-years-i-spent-as-a-kid-became-what-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dd/steven-spielberg-963_artist_all-those-horrible-traumatic-years-i-spe_727229.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dd/steven-spielberg-963_artist_all-those-horrible-traumatic-years-i-spe_727229.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dd/steven-spielberg-963_artist_all-those-horrible-traumatic-years-i-spe_727229.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All those horrible, traumatic years I spent as a kid became what I draw from creatively today.” — Steven Spielberg", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Social media has taken over in America to such an extreme that to get my own kids to look back a week in their history is a miracle, let alone 100 years.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steven Spielberg" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/social-media-has-taken-over-in-america-to-such-an-extreme-that-to-get/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd1/steven-spielberg-963_100-years_social-media-has-taken-over-in-america-t_734325.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd1/steven-spielberg-963_100-years_social-media-has-taken-over-in-america-t_734325.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd1/steven-spielberg-963_100-years_social-media-has-taken-over-in-america-t_734325.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Social media has taken over in America to such an extreme that to get my own kids to look back a week in…” — Steven Spielberg", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I thought film was more important than life itself for many years. 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