Steven Spielberg

Speilberg, Bell and Frost discussed the process of directing, and starring in, The Adventures of Tintin while at a press conference at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York City. They also spoke about what Tintin means to them, and what they would have asked Herge about the character if they had the chance.

Question: Mr. Spielberg, can you talk about what inspired your passion to collect Norman Rockwell,

and how his images affect your films?

Steven Spielberg: Norman Rockwell has been one of my favorite artists and illustrators over the years.

I was raised with Rockwell, because when I was a kid, we used to get the Saturday Evening Post at our house all the time,

by subscription. I had nothing better to do than look at the pictures, and realize the cliche that one picture

is worth a thousand words, which is really true with Rockwell. His images spoke volumes about America and family and

community and religion and faith. I was a collector, so when I started collecting art, the first art I collected was

Rockwell. We had a very successful exhibit at the Smithsonian. George Lucas took his Rockwells and combined them with

mine, and we had this amazing event there.

You’re probably seeing images that remind you of Rockwell in Tintin because of the color palette and because

it’s bright. It’s a bright film, and Rockwell always painted very vivid paintings. Also because I allowed the camera,

sometimes in a simple frame, to say a lot about what was going on in the story.

Question: Mr. Spielberg, you’re one of the most influential filmmakers of the last 40 years. What kind of

pressure does that put on you, knowing that people take so much from your work?

SS: The pressure really is the actual production process of movie-making. Whatever happens afterward

is none of my business. It’s never been my business, it just happens. It goes out into people’s lives,

and affects them. Whatever effect any of my films have on audiences, I stop at the door. I make them, and go

outside when they’re over.

Q: Mr. Spielberg, what is the key ingredient to creating characters that not only entertain your viewers,

but also teach them life lessons?

SS: It’s actually a combination of things. There’s no one magic answer, because we’re an extraordinary art form,

this business. It’s a collaborative art form, more than any other business and any other art form. There’s more

collaboration going on in making movies than anything else.

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