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"I'd rather direct than produce. Any day. And twice on Sunday."
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"That's the other thing about working on movies, the commitment is years. That's one thing that's so frustrating about the process is that it goes on and on and on for years."

"I don't watch the movies I make, so I haven't seen 'Footloose' since it came out. You see this young, hungry actor, it's pretty fun. I was the only one they screen tested. It was an attempt by the director and producer to talk the head of the studio into hiring me because they didn't want me."

"When it comes to turning out movies, I'm for Hollywood."
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"A lot of the films I've made probably could have worked just as well 50 years ago, and that's just because I have a lot of old-fashion values."


"I interviewed survivors, I went to Poland, saw the cities and spent time with the people and spoke to the Jews who had come back to Poland after the war and talked about why they had come back."


"I don't think any movie or any book or any work of art can solve the stalemate in the Middle East today. But it's certainly worth a try."


"I never felt comfortable with myself, because I was never part of the majority. I always felt awkward and shy and on the outside of the momentum of my friends' lives."


"When war comes, two things happen - profits go way, way up and all perishables go way, way down. There becomes a market for them."


"The public has an appetite for anything about imagination - anything that is as far away from reality as is creatively possible."
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