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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.


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


I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it.


I work with a lot of movie stars.


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


In America there's no rights for the artist, so whatever films I've made kind of belong to the studio.


Moonstruck... was one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.


With most British actors, it's amazing. I think they start with the character on the outside and work in.


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.


I mean they're making remakes of my films and I'm not even dead yet! Why would you want to make a remake?


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 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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


We also have a tendency to root for the fugitive. We're always on the side of the animal being chased.


I don't make films to win prizes. I make films to make films.


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