Three-time Academy Award-winning director <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/steven-spielberg">Steven Spielberg</a> recently admitted that he doesn’t regret turning down the chance to work on “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/harry-potter">Harry Potter</a>.”
The 76-year-old Hollywood mainstay could have been part of the successful franchise based on the best-selling books, but he says he chose time with his family instead. 
Spielberg <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/steven-spielberg-ss-rajamouli-rrr-the-fabelmans-video-1235519008/">told</a> &#8220;RRR&#8221; director S.S. Rajamouli that the first &#8220;Harry Potter&#8221; installment was one of many films he turned down when his children were young. The “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">Jaws</a>” director says he made the right choice.
&#8220;There were several films I chose not to make,&#8221; Spielberg said while promoting the release of his semi-autobiographical film, “The Fabelmans,” in India. &#8220;They offered me &#8216;Harry Potter&#8217; and I chose to turn down the first &#8216;Harry Potter&#8217; to basically spend the next year and a half with my family, my young kids growing up.&#8221;
&#8220;So, I sacrificed a great franchise — which today looking back I&#8217;m very happy to have done — to be with my family,&#8221; he continued.
&#8220;Kate [Capshaw] and I started raising a family and we started having children,&#8221; Spielberg continued. &#8220;The choice I had to make in taking a job that would move me to another country for four or five months where I wouldn&#8217;t see my family every day.&#8221;
He went on to say that his family often came along to make big-budget films overseas throughout his career, like when they all moved to Poland for four and a half months while filming the Oscar-winning drama &#8220;Schindler&#8217;s List.&#8221; 
The first and second movies in the franchise, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” (2001) and &#8220;Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” (2002), were both directed by Chris Columbus.
Spielberg has seven children total (one is his stepchild). 
The award-winning director previously spoke about turning down the “Harry Potter” franchise, saying his kids didn’t necessarily agree with that decision.
&#8220;I just felt that I wasn&#8217;t ready to make an all-kids movie, and my kids thought I was crazy. And the books were by that time popular, so when I dropped out, I knew it was going to be a phenomenon,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a359082/steven-spielberg-on-harry-potter-my-kids-thought-i-was-crazy-to-quit/">told</a> Digital Spy in 2012.

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