With most British actors, it's amazing. I think they start with the character on the outside and work in.- Norman Jewison
When you shoot a musical, you are 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.
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.
Well, you know the old line - to be nominated is what it's all about. I think that I have done pretty well - I have had about 46, or 47 nominations from my movies, and my films have won about 12 awards in total, so I do not really have any complaints.
We're always on the side of the animal that is being chased. We always seem to be on the side of the rabbit or the fox and not on the side of the hounds.
We also have a tendency to root for the fugitive. We're always on the side of the animal being chased.
Moonstruck... was one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.
Michael Caine is a movie star, but he is also a great actor. I can't say that about every movie star. It's the concentration he has.
Look, I am just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda.
It's an entire industry focusing on young male viewers that want action and violence. They sell us something that is not valid. They're selling films like a product.
In America there's no rights for the artist, so whatever films I have made kind of belong to the studio.
I am just a storyteller.
I am in the mood for another Moonstruck experience, for another romantic comedy.
I am going to do an adaptation of the Italian film, Bread and Tulips. I really like that film.
I work with a lot of movie stars.
