"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."

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"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."

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"My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer."

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"I like doing them and they're ridiculous and the actors can improvise a lot, and they don't have to be really realistic characters that hit a very specific tone as in a feature film. They're really fun, I want to make more of them definitely."

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"I suddenly realized that comedy, for me, was just being honest, and playing it for real. I've seen so many wonderful actors who turn into creatures from another planet when they're told they are supposed to be playing comedy."

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"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."

Movies

"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."

Film

"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."

Thought

"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."

God

"I was really excited to have the opportunity to make Fiddler."

Opportunity

"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."

People

"I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it."

Thought

"It's an entire industry focusing on young male viewers that want action and violence. They sell us something that isn't valid. They're selling films like a product."

Action

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

Film

"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."

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