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

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.

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.

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

Being sick successfully is not included in society’s panoply of worthy goals.

Are there any leading men in your life?""Several, but they're all fictional.

As your training moves from base training to more intense work, to tapering, your nutrition needs to change.

My strength is my humility. When you are humble, people like you.

But I'm a historian. I wasn't interested in just being a producer, I was interested in doing research and presenting that research to a general public

Together, we will protect the sanctity of life, ensuring early next Congress that no federal funds are used for abortion.

I wrote Pay Any Price as my answer to the government's campaign against me.

My first love is writing and producing. So I sometimes put my own stuff off to work on other people's projects.

Twin Peaks' was the best job I ever had as an actor.

If this world was made by a triune God, relationships of love are what life is really all about.