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.
As you know, in America there's no rights for the artist, so whatever films I've made kind of belong to the studio, so if they want to remake it they can.
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.
I mean they're making remakes of my films and I'm not even dead yet! Why would you want to make a remake?
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.
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.
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.
Every generation deals with the breaking down of its tradition, and I think that they rediscovered the film.
Do what you're told, and everything will be all right.
Betrayal... is my favorite subject.
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.
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.
But Madonna has a small amount of talent when it comes to movies.