Steven Spielberg on returning to making films, like 'The BFG', that let him create new worlds

He remains a wizard at making films focused on young people, witness his Cannes-premiering “The BFG,” adapted from the classic Roald Dahl novel. But Steven Spielberg knows he’s not a kid anymore, and that has affected everything.

True, at age 69, the director is “just as insecure now as I was 30...