More in John Favreau's great Cowboys & Aliens interview series. Here he sits with Spielberg, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer. My favorite is Spielberg's story about meeting John Ford--
So the next day, Steven walks into Michael Bay's office. Michael Bay says:
"Look at this picture. What do you see?"
Steven says:
"Well, the horizon is at the top of the picture."
Michael Bay says:
"NO! It's two trucks colliding in the setting dessert sun into a massive explosion shot from a helicopter!! What about this one?"
"The horizon is at the bottom of the picture?"
"NO!! It's a car leaping over the camera while exploding in the setting dessert sun!!!"
You can see why Spielberg is where he is today - even in a room full of A-list geniuses, he tells the most interesting stories in the most interesting way.