Steven Spielberg Quotes

I don't know if 'Crash' is a good movie or not because I didn't set out to make a movie. Really, what I wanted to do is more of a social experiment.

I don't get to see a lot of films, so I want to watch films I learn from.

This sucks on so many levels." Dialogue from "Jason X" Rare for a movie to so frankly describe itself. "Jason X" sucks on the levels of storytelling, character development, suspense, special effects, originality, punctuation, neatness and aptness of thought.

I want people to laugh and cry, not just sit and stare at the TV.

A hit for me is if I enjoy the movie, if I personally enjoy the movie.

I go to universities to talk to the students and teach them how to watch movies. Movies have so many elements - acting, music, art direction, costumes. I also tell them not to watch pirated movies. At the cinema, they can enjoy the big screen and the surround sound.

I questioned everything. I didn't see a character developed in Platoon at all. The character in Blue Velvet was much more fascinating to me.

Who would have thought that a tap-dancing penguin would outpoint James Bond at the box office? And deserve to? Not that there's anything wrong with 'Casino Royale.' But 'Happy Feet' - written and directed by George Miller - is a complete charmer, even if, in the way of most family fare, it can't resist straying into the Inspirational.

I don't really say much about reviewers. It's a very tough job to get all of the depth of a movie all at once.

As a viewer, I love watching movies. There has to be an emotional connection.

Oh, it takes a lot for me to walk out of a film.

Different films have different places in people's lives. I don't get to see a lot of films, so I want to watch films I learn from.

When I watch a film, I watch it as an audience instead of thinking as an actor or an intellectual. I see whether it made me laugh, get involved or shocked me at certain points. Something has to stir inside me.

I love going to the movies; I love watching good movie actors. They must know something I don't.

Viewers who invest two hours in a superhero movie often leave feeling entertained but somehow dumber.

I believe if you come out of a movie and the first thing you say is, 'The cinematography was beautiful,' it's a bad movie.

Watching movies was like going to school for me. It still is. You're always learning. Even if it's bad, you're learning what not to do.

I always ask, 'Is this movie essential? Does this movie need to exist? Does it need to exist right now?' And the answer to that is almost always no.

I am very sensitive about characters being annoying in movies.

We love movies like 'Edge of Tomorrow.' It's why we go to the movies, and it's why we make movies.

Whenever I see a new film, I deliberately tune down several 'dials' in my mind - critical faculties associated with logic, plotting, science - just so I can retain some ability to enjoy a flick in the spirit it's offered.

Movie criticism is very subjective and everyone has the right to voice their opinion. You go to a movie and decide whether you like it or not.

Thatgamecompany was founded with the philosophy that games are a form of entertainment, and entertainment is the food for emotion.

I read a review on the Herald, it says it takes 40 minutes to get to the first sex session apparently and the whole movie only contains 11 minutes of forbidden fruit.

I love when a TV show, or entertainment in general, makes me feel something; be it positive, be it negative, be it happiness, be it awkward, uncomfortable if it can make me feel, it's done it's job.