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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. "
Work
American
Character
" 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. "
Romantic
Picture
Mood
" 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. "
Bad
Bad People
People
" 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. "
Know
America
Kind
" Betrayal... is my favorite subject. "
Favorite
Betrayal
Subject
" But Madonna has a small amount of talent when it comes to movies. "
Amount
Small
Talent
" Do what you're told, and everything will be all right. "
Will
Right
Everything
" Every generation deals with the breaking down of its tradition, and I think that they rediscovered the film. "
Generation
Think
Tradition
" 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. "
Man
People
Family
" 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. "
People
Think
Getting Old
" I don't make films to win prizes. I make films to make films. "
Prizes
Make
Win
" I mean they're making remakes of my films and I'm not even dead yet! Why would you want to make a remake? "
Dead
Even
Mean
" I'm going to do an adaptation of the Italian film, Bread and Tulips. I really like that film. "
Bread
Like
Going
" I'm in the mood for another Moonstruck experience, for another romantic comedy. "
Mood
Comedy
Experience
" I'm just a storyteller. "
Storyteller
Just
" In America there's no rights for the artist, so whatever films I've made kind of belong to the studio. "
Kind
Rights
Belong
" 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. "
Going
Find
More
" 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. "
People
Bad
Bad People
" 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. "
Done
Pretty
Think
" I think you get better as you get older. "
Get
You
Think
" 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. "
Selling
Want
Young
" I was really excited to have the opportunity to make Fiddler. "
Really
Opportunity
Make
" I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it. "
Hurricane
He
Actor
" I work with a lot of movie stars. "
Lot
Work
Stars
" Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda. "
Never
Want
Social
" 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. "
Star
Actor
Concentration
" Moonstruck... was one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. "
Nominated
Romantic
Few
" We also have a tendency to root for the fugitive. We're always on the side of the animal being chased. "
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. "
Think
Line
You
" 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. "
Animal
Fox
Rabbit
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