Norman Jewison

“I think I've done pretty well. I've had about 46, or 47 nominations from my movies, and my films have won about 12 awards, so I don't have any complaints.”

“It's an entire industry focusing on young male viewers that want action and violence. They sell us something that isn't valid. They're selling films like a product.”

“Every generation deals with the breaking down of its tradition, and I think that they rediscovered the film.”

“But Madonna has a small amount of talent when it comes to movies.”

“Michael Caine is a movie star, but he's also a great actor. I can't say that about every movie star. It's the concentration he has.”

“I don't make films to win prizes. I make films to make films.”

“I don't like to think that maybe I'm just getting old. I'm not too excited about watching a huge explosion. I'm more interested in people and characters.”

“I was really excited to have the opportunity to make Fiddler.”

“Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda.”

“I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it.”

“We also have a tendency to root for the fugitive. We're always on the side of the animal being chased.”

“I still get a lot of material but I find that as one gets older you get more fussy. You know you're going spend a year or a year and a half on this and you know there are only so many films in you so you get a little bit more selective.”

“And I think all Nazis didn't see themselves as bad people. I've never met a racist yet who thought he was a racist. Or an anti-Semite who thought they were anti-Semitic.”

“And even Moonstruck - for some reason the audience were just in the mood for a very romantic film, because it's one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.”

“A lot of American actors I work with are in character all day long. You can't talk to them. It's Method and the whole thing.”

“I'm going to do an adaptation of the Italian film, Bread and Tulips. I really like that film.”

“I think all Nazis didn't see themselves as bad people. I've never met a racist yet who thought he was a racist. Or an anti-Semite who thought they were anti-Semitic.”

“In America there's no rights for the artist, so whatever films I've made kind of belong to the studio.”

“Do what you're told, and everything will be all right.”

“Everything Sholom Aleichem talks about in his plays and his short stories is about people, family, man's relationship with his God, the breaking down of tradition.”