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"Emily Watson has likened Steven Spielberg to a horse whisperer. The Oscar-nominated actress, who stars as Rose Narracott in the filmmaker&amp;#039;s War Horse, admitted that she found the director&amp;#039;s working methods strange at first because he likes to talk to actors during takes.  &amp;gt; Steven Spielberg: &amp;#039;Jeremy Irvine could be the next Christian Bale&amp;#039; &amp;gt; Steven Spielberg: &amp;#039;Jaws was my turning point&amp;#039;  Watson said at the War Horse press conference: &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s like a horse whisperer. He talks to you during a take. The first few days with Peter Mullan and David Thewlis, we were all a bit taken aback by it. We all come from a Mike Leigh, Ken Loach [background]. It&amp;#039;s all very truthful and realistic, &amp;#039;The performance is sacred&amp;#039;. [With Steven] you&amp;#039;re in the middle of doing a scene and he&amp;#039;s talking to you. &amp;quot;After an hour or so I started to really enjoy it. Because the film is constructed in such an old-fashioned Hollywood way, every shot is beautifully designed and it lands. He knows exactly what he wants - he&amp;#039;s planting little seeds in your head and little things sprout. It&amp;#039;s like you&amp;#039;re flowering under his watering can of ideas.&amp;quot; War Horse opens in UK cinemas on January 13. &amp;gt; Steven Spielberg: &amp;#039;John Williams makes me look good&amp;#039; &amp;gt; War Horse Royal Premiere in pictures Watch Digital Spy speaking to stars on the red carpet at the War Horse premiere below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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