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..

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

I try to find stories that I would think that everyone would find interesting, and just a good entertaining story, and then if I can find a story tha….

When the small independent film, which depends on its artistic appeal rather than wide commercial distribution by an MPAA member, is now denied acces….

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….

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..

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

The eradication of anti-personnel mines around the world is one of the most important tasks facing the international community..

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 a….

Do what you're told, and everything will be all right..

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 ….

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 compla….

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 we….

We live in an age of publicity and hype. There's something about success that dehumanizes you, whereas failure reminds you of who you really are..

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 charact….

Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda..

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

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

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..

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..