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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. "

Norman Jewison

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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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" 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. "

" I'm in the mood for another Moonstruck experience, for another romantic comedy. "

" I was really excited to have the opportunity to make Fiddler. "

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

" 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. "

" I think you get better as you get older. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm just a storyteller. "

Norman Jewison

Storyteller

Just

" I work with a lot of movie stars. "

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

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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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

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