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.

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 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.

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

Betrayal... is my favorite subject.

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

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 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.

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.

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.

Being away from something, gives you a clear vision about it

You cannot ensure the gratitude of others for a favour conferred upon them in the way which is most agreeable to yourself.

If nothing else, we simply get used to being alive.

I'm going to let my friends in the other parties fight over the turf at the cutting edge of the status quo.

You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.

The property boom has made us all feel wealthy, but unfortunately it has lulled many of those nearing retirement into a false sense of security.

Only by owning who and what you are can you step into the fullness of life.

Where the grass is greener, the water bill is bigger.

What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!

I think action should be revealed through character, so if you have a plot problem, it's probably a character problem.