Marina Hyde

The rest is entertainment is presented by Octopus Energy.

Now, fan mail is one of entertainment's strangest bargains.

You send total devotion one way and the understanding that nothing may come back.

Steve Martin used to have the performer sort of thing, which would just leave blanks, like insert, like small details to make a joke about how completely impersonal his personal reply to you was.

It was just like a standard thing.

It's almost unprecedented that a company you're giving your money to will actually respond to you.

Hello and welcome to this episode of The Rest Is Entertainment, questions and answers edition.

I'm Marina Hine.

Mr. Steven Spielberg is answering them.

This is a big honour.

Quite excited.

I'm sure it'll just be very cool and we won't even notice.

Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Stephen Spielberg.

Well, our next question is from a boy called Luke Esterhuis.

He says, I'm 11 years old.

My favorite film of all time is Jurassic Park.

I was wondering what your favorite film was when you were 11 and why?

He's still got your letter, which he sent to us, and it's absolutely lovely.

I have to say that you've managed to get so many great performances out of children and young people, and you have a lot of children.

Did directing teach you anything about parenthood, or did parenthood teach you anything about directing?