Steven Spielberg

I've seen movies I don't like, but I've never seen a bad movie.

I always find something I like about films that maybe are universally not spoken highly of.

I always find something good.

You can't believe how many young people come up to me and say, how do I get started making movies?

I just say, do you have a smartphone?

And they say, yeah, right here.

I said, you just found your way of getting started.

It's critical for the longevity of motion picture exhibition.

without which everything will be a home experience or basically a smartphone experience.

And I don't think anybody, you know, should watch a first-run movie on a very teeny screen.

I mean, it's okay to come home and watch a first-run movie on like a screen in your home, but I prefer movie theaters.

I prefer the movie-going experience.

I was raised that way.

It's interesting.

I don't think people liked being isolated during COVID.

I don't think people liked the fact that they were denied, you know, social entry back into society because we were all, essentially, we went within.

We went underground.

We took shelter.

We all got in our own bomb shelters during COVID.

And I think people are now starting to realize the importance of big group communal experiences by getting our communities back together again, watching concerts, watching plays,