Director: Spielberg

[Alex]

Here's an old interview with him in 1979 where he talks about how who he is and his relation with the movies changes. It looks like he's always recognized his perception of the movies would change. But maybe while he didn't want to have the future too planned out he overreacted and spends too much time thinking about what he's already done.

Poster: So you'd really kind of like to play the field?
Spielberg: Yes...whatever strikes my fancy that year. The one thing I don't want to do is have a 10-year game plan, where I have my next five projects already lined up - one through five. I think that'd be an awful way to go through life - knowing what your next films are going to be over the next 10 years. It's not only boring, but you also change. Nobody stays the same for more than a couple years. Some people change every week. What I liked in 1971 I probably wouldn't have made now. I probably wouldn't make Duel now. Looking back I probably wouldn't make Jaws three years from now. So it's important not to plan too far ahead, because each project is a reflection of what you were that year.