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Steven Spielberg, born on December 18, 1946, is an accomplished film director from the United States. His works span a variety of genres, from science fiction to history, from adventure to war, each captivating audiences with its unique charm. Spielberg is renowned for his unique perspective and profound understanding of the art of film.

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“I still have pretty much the same fears I had as a kid. I'm not sure I'd want to give them up; a lot of these insecurities fuel the movies I make.”

Want Giving Stills Kids Not Sure Fuel Insecurity

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“I was fifteen, or sixteen. I was in high school. I was spending a summer in California with my second cousins. And I wanted to be a director really bad. I was making a lot of 8mm home movies, since I was twelve, making little dramas and comedies with the neighborhood kids.”

Littles Home Kids Wanted School Comedy Drama Directors Summer High School Spending California Neighborhood Twelve Fifteen Cousin Sixteen

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“I always like to play with my kids. I always have the time to do that. That's my priority, always has been, so just interacting with my kids, and being with them is great.”

Has Beens Play Kids Priorities Interacting

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“All those horrible, traumatic years I spent as a kid became what I draw from creatively today.”

Years Kids Today Draws Horrible

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“I was afraid of small spaces and I was afraid of the tree outside my window, and I had all these phobias. I think many kids have those phobias, but I probably had more than most.”

Thinking Kids Space Tree Window Phobia Small Spaces

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“I don't drink coffee. I've never had a cup of coffee in my entire life. That's something you probably don't know about me. I've hated the taste since I was a kid.”

Knows Kids Drink Taste Coffee Cups Hated Coffee Cup

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“A lot of kids only know 'E.T.' from the digitally-enhanced version.”

Knows Kids Versions

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“Fathering is a major job, but I need both things in my life: my job to be a director, and my kids to direct me.”

Needs Kids Jobs Directors Majors Direct Fathering

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

Children Kids Individual Seven Herds I Love My Kids Love My Kids

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“I think in terms of chapters. Every time I finish a movie, it's a chapter. When one of my kids graduates from school, that's a chapter.”

Thinking Kids School Term Graduates Chapters

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“I think Lincoln had a unique parenting style. He let his kids run free and wild.”

Thinking Running Kids Style Unique Parenting Styles

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“I was making a lot of 8mm home movies, since I was twelve, making little dramas and comedies with the neighborhood kids.”

Littles Home Kids Comedy Drama Neighborhood Twelve

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“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.”

Men Children Kids Involved Pops My Children Great Men Flats

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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 a way transferring my own private horrors to everyone else's lives. It was less of an escape and more of an exorcism.”

Thinking Way Kids Born My Own Horror Scared Nervous One Way Wrecks Exorcism

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“My dad took me out to see a meteor shower when I was a little kid, and it was scary for me because he woke me up in the middle of the night. My heart was beating; I didn't know what he wanted to do. He wouldn't tell me, and he put me in the car and we went off, and I saw all these people lying on blankets, looking up at the sky.”

People Knows Heart Littles Kids Wanted Lying Night Saws Sky Middle Car Dad My Heart My Dad Scary Showers Little Kid Blanket Middle Of The Night Meteors People Lie

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“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.”

Years Looks Kids America Social My Own Taken Week Media Miracle Extremes Social Media

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“When I was a kid, there was no collaboration; it's you with a camera bossing your friends around. But as an adult, filmmaking is all about appreciating the talents of the people you surround yourself with and knowing you could never have made any of these films by yourself.”

People Made Kids Film Knowing Talent Adults Appreciate Cameras Surround Collaboration Filmmaking Surround Yourself

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“I dont work weekends. Weekends are for my kids. And I have dinner at home every night when Im not physically directing a movie - I get home by six. I put the kids to bed and tell them stories and take them to school the next morning. I work basically from 9.30 to 5.30 and Im strict about that.”

Stories Home Kids School Night Next Morning Bed Six Dinner Weekend Every Night Strict

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Born: December 18, 1946
Known for: Film director
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