What I learned from reading Steven Spielberg: A Biography by Joseph McBride.
Whatever is there, he makes it work.
Spielberg once defined his approach to filmmaking by declaring, "I am the audience."
"He said, 'I want to be a director.' And I said, 'Well, if you want to be a director, you've gotta start at the bottom, you gotta be a gofer and work your way…