Context: Spielberg's films often deal with several recurring themes. Most of his films deal with ordinary characters searching for or coming in contact with extraordinary beings or finding themselves in extraordinary circumstances. In an AFI interview in August 2000 Spielberg commented on his interest in the possibility of extra terrestrial life and how it has influenced some of his films. Spielberg described himself as feeling like an alien during childhood, and his interest came from his father, a science fiction fan, and his opinion that aliens would not travel light years for conquest, but instead curiosity and sharing of knowledge.

Question: What theme is common to Spielberg's films?
Answer: ordinary characters searching for or coming in contact with extraordinary beings or finding themselves in extraordinary circumstances

Question: When in his life did Spielberg 'feel like an alien'?
Answer: during childhood

Question: When did Spielberg give an interview saying he had 'felt like an alien'?
Answer: August 2000

Question: Why does Spielberg think aliens would visit?
Answer: curiosity and sharing of knowledge

Question: Which of Spielberg's parents liked sci-fi?
Answer: his father

Question: In what interview was it the first time that Spielberg talked about extra terrestrials?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What does Spielberg say he might have saw in his childhood?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What type of films did Spielberg's father enjoy?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What do most people think aliens would visit Earth for?
Answer: Unanswerable