SPIELBERG. Money isn’t a factor in his life.
Steven Spielberg thinks seriously about life and the world we live in. Some of his practical thoughts and perceptions:
Technology can be our best friend, but it can also be our biggest party pooper. It interrupts our own story, our ability to have a thought or daydream, to imagine something wonderful, because we’re too busy bridging the walk from the cafeteria back to the office on the cell phone.
I don’t think that anybody in any war thinks of himself as a hero. The minute people presume they’re heroes, they get their boots taken away from them—and buried in the sand!
Science fiction has always been the first-level alert to think about things to come. It’s easier for an audience to take warnings from sci-fi without feeling that we’re preaching to them. Every science-fiction movie I have ever seen warns us about things that ultimately come true.
Lincoln’s leadership is based on a number of precepts—but, my favorite one is that he acted in the name, and for the good, of the people.
One of the worst things that happened to me was my voluntary fallout with my father. And the greatest thing that happened to me was when I saw the light and realized I needed to love him in a way that he could love me back!
There are many rumors about many of us in the public eye. Sometimes, it’s too hard to deny what isn’t true.
I’m not a great man to my children—I’m just “Pop.” The more involved I am with my kids, it keeps my head flat on top.
Money is not a factor in my life.
We need to take responsibility for the things we put on this planet—and for the things we take off it. We need to have “limiters”—ethical or moral—on how far we allow ourselves to go!