Steven Spielberg made a rare appearance on late-night television Thursday night, sitting for an interview with Stephen Colbert.
But the director and co-writer of “The Fabelmans,” currently up for seven Oscars (including Best Picture), did not make a typical appearance. The 76-year-old filmmaker’s four-segment interview was not taped in front of the assembled studio audience at the Ed Sullivan Theater in midtown Manhattan but was pre-shot “last week” at his own Hollywood offices at Amblin Entertainment
Spielberg opened with some fun stories about how he basically trespassed (multiple times!) on the Universal Studios lot as a youth, and how unusual it was to be directing a legend like Joan Crawford when he was still using Clearasil at age 22.
He claims that he rarely goes back and watches his older movies (“I’m not Gloria Swanson”) but has, over the years, introduced some of his films to his kids, to...
But the director and co-writer of “The Fabelmans,” currently up for seven Oscars (including Best Picture), did not make a typical appearance. The 76-year-old filmmaker’s four-segment interview was not taped in front of the assembled studio audience at the Ed Sullivan Theater in midtown Manhattan but was pre-shot “last week” at his own Hollywood offices at Amblin Entertainment
Spielberg opened with some fun stories about how he basically trespassed (multiple times!) on the Universal Studios lot as a youth, and how unusual it was to be directing a legend like Joan Crawford when he was still using Clearasil at age 22.
He claims that he rarely goes back and watches his older movies (“I’m not Gloria Swanson”) but has, over the years, introduced some of his films to his kids, to...
- 3/3/2023
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
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