Happy Birthday: Steven Soderbergh

Steven Soderbergh

Born: January 14, 1963 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Married to: Jules Asner (10 May 2003 – present)
Betsy Brantley (2 December 1989 – 1994) (divorced) (1 child)

I think it’s a real privilege to make a living doing this job. It’s a great job – the best I can think of, actually. You walk into a room and say, “I’m imagining this,” and they give you millions of dollars to go out and make it real. That’s a pretty good gig. I have certain standards – sometimes I hit them and sometimes I don’t. I don’t think being precious is really good for any artform. So I believe in being really prepared, working hard, doing everything I can think of to improve it, but staying on budget, staying on schedule, and when it’s over, it’s over and I’m onto the next thing. I’m really dispassionate about it, in…