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"Moonstruck... was one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar."
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"Working on such a big film was amazing. I learned a lot. There weren't too many stunts, just some doubling."
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"You wouldn't ask Rodin to make an ugly sculpture, or me to make a film with an ugly woman."
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"In America there's no rights for the artist, so whatever films I've made kind of belong to the studio."

"Well, you know the old line - to be nominated is what it's all about. I think that I've done pretty well - I've had about 46, or 47 nominations from my movies, and my films have won about 12 awards in total, so I don't really have any complaints."

"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."

"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."

"And 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 also have a tendency to root for the fugitive. We're always on the side of the animal being chased."

"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."

"And even Moonstruck - for some reason the audience were just in the mood for a very romantic film, because it's one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar."

"Everything Sholom Aleichem talks about in his plays and his short stories is about people, family, man's relationship with his God, the breaking down of tradition."

"With most British actors, it's amazing. I think they start with the character on the outside and work in."
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