Norman Jewison Quotes
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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.
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When the small independent film, which depends on its artistic appeal rather than wide commercial distribution by an MPAA member, is now denied access, the playing field becomes unfair and uneven.
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But Madonna has a small amount of talent when it comes to movies.
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Every generation deals with the breaking down of its tradition, and I think that they rediscovered the film.
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When you shoot a musical, you're shooting to lipsynch tracks, so we had to figure out our choreography and work out what we wanted to do with each number before we did it.
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I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it.
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Obviously, In The Heat Of The Night was a landmark movie because the timing was perfect. It was in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement.
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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.
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I work with a lot of movie stars.
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In America there's no rights for the artist, so whatever films I've made kind of belong to the studio.
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I mean they're making remakes of my films and I'm not even dead yet! Why would you want to make a remake?
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I think you get better as you get older.
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Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda.
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Do what you're told, and everything will be all right.
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I was really excited to have the opportunity to make Fiddler.
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We're always on the side of the animal that's being chased. We always seem to be on the side of the rabbit or the fox and not on the side of the hounds.
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Betrayal... is my favorite subject.
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I'm going to do an adaptation of the Italian film, Bread and Tulips. I really like that film.
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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.
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The album for Fiddler really took off. I think it was a combination of John Williams and the score. It was a very classy big album.
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I'm in the mood for another Moonstruck experience, for another romantic comedy.
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We also have a tendency to root for the fugitive. We're always on the side of the animal being chased.
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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.
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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.
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The eradication of anti-personnel mines around the world is one of the most important tasks facing the international community.
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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.
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But I've never met a racist yet who thinks he's a racist. That's always the disturbing thing about when we begin to look at ourselves.
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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.
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Moonstruck... was one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.
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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.
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