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

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.

There is a time for work, and a time for love. That leaves no other time.

All good is gained by those whose thought and life are kept pointed close to one main thing not scattered abroad upon a thousand.

A living body is not a fixed thing, but a flowing event, like a flame or a whirlpool.

If you are not going to get a thrill, how can you give someone else one? You must feel the beauty of the thing before you start.

Chance is the only source of true novelty.

The descendants of European immigrants do not govern the United States of America today. The foreign and domestic policies of the country are made by the Jews and their lackeys.

When my dad divorced my mom it was kind of like him leaving me also.

As small as it may seem, a good deed is always worth the doing.