Steven Spielberg Quotes

Krakow in Black and White

In 1993, Spielberg shot Schindler's List in Krakow, Poland, near the actual sites of the Holocaust. He refused his $1 million salary, calling it 'blood money.' On set, he would call Robin Williams to cheer him up because the material was so heavy. The film won seven Academy Awards. Spielberg used the profits to create the Shoah Foundation, recording 55,000 survivor testimonies. The boy who made train crashes in his backyard had become the man who preserved history.