Steven Spielberg reflects on turning down the Harry Potter franchise and why he doesn't regret the move in his career.
Steven Spielberg has no shortage of classic films in his catalog as a director. However, there’s one franchise that the legend actually turned down in order to spend more time with his family.— Spielberg spoke about just how important spending time with his family is. He likened the pull of art and family to his latest film,, and described that once he started having children, it was harder to justify leaving everyone to make movies.
“The personal meaning about [how the conflict between] art and family will tear you in half happened to me later, after I had already established myself as a filmmaker, as a working director,” said Spielberg. “Kate [Capshaw] and I started raising a family and we started having children, we have seven kids now.
In a surprising twist, Spielberg also revealed that he even turned down the chance to direct the first“And there were several films I chose not to make,” Spielberg said. “They offered meto basically spend that next year and a half with my family, my young kids growing up. So I sacrificed a great franchise, which today looking back I’m very happy to have done, to be with my family. Other times, my family stayed in Los Angeles, and I went abroad to tell a story.
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