{"id":2326992,"date":"2026-03-13T19:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2326992"},"modified":"2026-03-13T19:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:50:15","slug":"steven-spielberg-says-ballet-and-opera-are-just-like-moviegoing-amid-timothee-chalamet-controversy-we-want-them-to-go-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/steven-spielberg-says-ballet-and-opera-are-just-like-moviegoing-amid-timothee-chalamet-controversy-we-want-them-to-go-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Spielberg Says Ballet and Opera Are Just Like Moviegoing Amid Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet Controversy: \u2018We Want\u2019 Them to \u2018Go Forever\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Steven Spielberg is the latest celebrity to weigh in on Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet\u2019s hotly debated comments about ballet and opera.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Spielberg was speaking about the importance of movie theaters during a SXSW keynote conversation when he made the jab. After saying that he values streaming and enjoys working with Netflix, he added, \u201cBut for me, the real experience comes when we can influence a community to congregate in a strange, dark space where all of us are strangers. At the end of a really good movie experience, we are all united with a whole bunch of feelings that we walk into the daylight with, or into the nighttime with. And there\u2019s nothing like that. It happens in movies, and in concerts. And it happens in ballet and opera, by the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>More from Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_1an2kqoqk5elubsnoqdbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 hidden pb-5 md:block\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_2an2kqoqk5elubsnoqdbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Spielberg grinned as the audience broke out into laughter and cheers. \u201cAnd we want that to be sustained,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe want that to go forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More to come..<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best of Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.variety.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Variety's Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Variety's Newsletter&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Variety&#8217;s Newsletter<\/a>. 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