“I like to do my own casting. I think eighty percent of what you contribute to the film is in the selection of the actors.”
Steven Spielberg
Directing the Film written by Eric Sherman
Page 69
Filmmaking Quote #21 (Spielberg)
July 13, 2011 by Scott W. Smith
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