Steven Spielberg

I get very, very anxious on the set. I have a thousand ideas and I don’t censor myself. I wind up cutting some of them out in the editing room. I shoot needless footage and then don’t use it later on in the process.

Steven Spielberg

I had a great time creating the future on ‘Minority Report,’ and it’s a future that is coming true faster than any of us thought it would.

Steven Spielberg

I had to get over my fear of running through the world naked and learn to say ‘take me or leave me.’

Steven Spielberg

I just had a crazy, wild imagination all my life, and science fiction is the greatest outlet for me.

Steven Spielberg

I love creating partnerships; I love not having to bear the entire burden of the creative storytelling, and when I have unions like with George Lucas and Peter Jackson, it’s really great; not only do I benefit, but the project is better for it.

Steven Spielberg

I love editing. It’s one of my favorite parts about filmmaking.

Steven Spielberg

I love my kids as individuals, not as a herd, and I do have a herd of children: I have seven kids.

Steven Spielberg

I missed my dad a lot growing up, even though we were together as a family. My dad was really a workaholic. And he was always working.

Steven Spielberg

I never felt comfortable with myself, because I was never part of the majority. I always felt awkward and shy and on the outside of the momentum of my friends’ lives.

Steven Spielberg

I once said that CGI makes you less inventive. At the time I was bemoaning the loss of the practical stunt. If a stunt can be done practically and safely, I’d rather do it old-style.

Steven Spielberg