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" Betrayal... is my favorite subject. "
Norman Jewison
Favorite
Betrayal
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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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American
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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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Want
Young
" Every generation deals with the breaking down of its tradition, and I think that they rediscovered the film. "
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Tradition
" With most British actors, it's amazing. I think they start with the character on the outside and work in. "
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Amazing
Work
" I was really excited to have the opportunity to make Fiddler. "
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Really
Opportunity
Make
" 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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People
Bad
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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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Done
Pretty
Think
" 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. "
Norman Jewison
Man
People
Family
" 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. "
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Bad
Bad People
People
" 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. "
Norman Jewison
Out
Work
Shooting
" I'm just a storyteller. "
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Storyteller
Just
" Do what you're told, and everything will be all right. "
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Will
Right
Everything
" 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. "
Norman Jewison
Star
Actor
Concentration
" But Madonna has a small amount of talent when it comes to movies. "
Norman Jewison
Amount
Small
Talent
" 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. "
Norman Jewison
Going
Find
More
" I work with a lot of movie stars. "
Norman Jewison
Lot
Work
Stars
" 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. "
Norman Jewison
Know
America
Kind
" 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. "
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Romantic
Picture
Mood
" I don't make films to win prizes. I make films to make films. "
Norman Jewison
Prizes
Make
Win
" We also have a tendency to root for the fugitive. We're always on the side of the animal being chased. "
Norman Jewison
Root
Always
Also
" Well, you know the old line - to be nominated is what it's all about. I think that I've done pretty well - I've had about 46, or 47 nominations from my movies, and my films have won about 12 awards in total, so I don't really have any complaints. "
Norman Jewison
Think
Line
You
" When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda. If I wanted to do that, I'd make documentaries. "
Norman Jewison
Film
Want
Never
" 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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Animal
Fox
Rabbit
" I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it. "
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Hurricane
He
Actor
" Moonstruck... was one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. "
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Nominated
Romantic
Few
" 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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Dead
Even
Mean
" Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda. "
Norman Jewison
Never
Want
Social
" 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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People
Think
Getting Old
" I think you get better as you get older. "
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You
Think