Steven Spielberg says he believed his directing career was over halfway through the production of Jaws, recalling how he was warned that the film was so far overschedule and overbudget that he would “never get hired again”.
Speaking at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Wednesday morning during the preview of its new Jaws exhibition, Spielberg looked back at the 1975 film, joking that he hadn’t come prepared with a speech because he “didn’t come prepared in 1974 to make Jaws, or not prepare very well enough, I decided to risk it again”.
