When I was very young, I remember my mother telling me about a friend of hers in Germany, a pianist who played a symphony that wasn't permitted, and the Germans came up on stage and broke every finger on her hands. I grew up with stories of Nazis breaking the fingers of Jews.

You can be great just by being yourself.

When I grow up, I still want to be a director.

The older I get, the more I look at movies as a moving miracle.

Everybody who works for Amblin Television has to do five jobs.

I have made almost as many films in England as I have in America. I will come back to England again and again.

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.