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

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 nu….

Betrayal... is my favorite subject..

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 houn….

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

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

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

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

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….

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..

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..

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 work with a lot of movie stars..

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

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 ….

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

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….

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….

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

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

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