Steven Spielberg

Do not get me started on that scene.

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After Jaws was a big hit, I'd always wanted to make a James Bond film from the day I saw Dr. No.

So I called Cubby Broccoli after Jaws and I volunteered.

I said, if you need a director, I would love to direct one.

And he said, no.

And he moved on.

And then Cubby called me again after Close Encounters came out.

And that was a big hit.

And Cubby called me a few years after Close Encounters and said, we'd like to use the five notes in Moonraker.

And I said, I'll make you a deal.

I'll give you permission to use the five notes if you let me direct a Braun film.

And he said, nope.

But I gave him the five notes anyway.

So they consistently turned me down.

Why?

He never explained why he wasn't letting me in the Bond family.

But when I told that story to George Lucas in 1977, and that's when George said, I have something better than Bond.

It's called Indiana Smith, which is what it was called at the time.

And he told me the premise of the Indiana Jones series.