Steven Spielberg Quotes (63 Quotes)

There is a fine line between censorship and good taste and moral responsibility.

I think you'll understand the way we feel about it the night of the Academy Awards. I think when Mr. Kazan walks out to accept his award, I think you'll feel from a lot of people in the Academy good support for his work. The body of his work has been a great influence upon me and all of my peers.

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.

You have many years ahead of you to create the dreams that we can't even imagine dreaming. You have done more for the collective unconscious of this planet than you will ever know.

If he picks the right roles and doesn't forget the theater, I think he can eventually be Alec Guinness or Laurence Olivier.

If Bush, as I believe, has reliable information on the fact that Saddam Hussein is making weapons of mass destruction, I cannot not support the policies of his government.

Dakota Fanning was on my mind the second I decided to make 'War of the Worlds,' ... I know no one her age that's better than she is and more intuitive about human nature. She has a very wise old soul - it's like she's been around about seven or eight times.

It's great being honored by critic organizations, because so often they dishonor you with bad reviews. So this is a wonderful change.

People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don't have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning.

This is a courageous year for filmmakers. ... They are saying 'If I never make another film, this one says what I think and feel.

Why pay a dollar for a bookmark? Why not use the dollar for a bookmark?

All I have to do is pose for a picture and I'm getting married to the person standing next to me.

INTO THE WEST takes place during one of the single most dramatic periods in American history. We're painting this on a huge canvas in order to tell a story that explores the Gold Rush, the transcontinental railroad, the wild west and the Indian wars leading to the tragedy at Wounded Knee. These are all facets of the American and Native American experience. It's the story about opportunity and the clash of cultures and the eventual overwhelming of one nation's way of life over another.