Quotes by Norman Jewison - Page 1

I work with a lot of movie stars.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Movie Star
Stars
Movie Stars
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Betrayal... is my favorite subject.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Betrayal
Favorite Subject
My Favorite
Subject
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I think you get better as you get older.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Get Better
Thinking
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Do what you're told, and everything will be all right.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
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I was really excited to have the opportunity to make Fiddler.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Opportunity
Excited
Fiddlers
Fiddler
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I don't make films to win prizes. I make films to make films.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Film
Prize
Winning
Prizes
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But Madonna has a small amount of talent when it comes to movies.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Amount
Small Amounts
Talent
Madonna
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I'm in the mood for another Moonstruck experience, for another romantic comedy.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Comedy
Mood
Moonstruck
Romantic Comedy
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Moonstruck... was one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Best Picture
Comedy
Moonstruck
Oscars
Picture
Comedies
Nominated
Oscar
Romantic Comedies
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I'm going to do an adaptation of the Italian film, Bread and Tulips. I really like that film.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Adaptation
Bread
Film
Italian
Italian Film
Tulip
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We also have a tendency to root for the fugitive. We're always on the side of the animal being chased.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Animal
Fugitive
Roots
Sides
Chased
Root
Tendency
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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.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
America
Artist
Rights
Belong
Studio
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I mean they're making remakes of my films and I'm not even dead yet! Why would you want to make a remake?
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Film
Mean
Want
Dead
Films
Remake
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With most British actors, it's amazing. I think they start with the character on the outside and work in.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
British
British Actors
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Every generation deals with the breaking down of its tradition, and I think that they rediscovered the film.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Deals
Generations
Silence
Thinking
Breaking
Rediscovered
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I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Actors
Denzel
Disappointed
Hurricanes
Winning
Deserved
Hurricane
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Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Documentaries
Looks
Propaganda
Vehicle
Want
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A lot of American actors I work with are in character all day long. You can't talk to them. It's Method and the whole thing.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Character
Long
Method
Usa
All Day
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The eradication of anti-personnel mines around the world is one of the most important tasks facing the international community.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Community
Important
Tasks
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When you deal with a film that takes place in Europe, and you're going to work in English, you'd better work with European actors.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Actors
Europe
Film
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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.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Actors
Concentration
Movie Star
Stars
Michael
Great Actor
Michael Caine
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The album for Fiddler really took off. I think it was a combination of John Williams and the score. It was a very classy big album.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Albums
Bigs
Thinking
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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.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Documentaries
Propaganda
Vehicle
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But I've never met a racist yet who thinks he's a racist. That's always the disturbing thing about when we begin to look at ourselves.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Looks
Racist
Thinking
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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.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Night
Perfect
Rights
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We live in an age of publicity and hype. There's something about success that dehumanizes you, whereas failure reminds you of who you really are.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Work
Age
Hype
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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.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Animal
Rabbits
Totems
Chased
Fox
Hound
Rabbit
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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.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Character
Getting Old
People
Thinking
Explosion
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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.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Awards
Complaints
Done
Thinking
Won
Films
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As you know, in America there's no rights for the artist, so whatever films I've made kind of belong to the studio, so if they want to remake it they can.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Belong
Remake
Studio
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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.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Men
People
Play
Breaking
Plays
Short Stories
Talks
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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.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Glowing
Males
Viewers
Want
Male
Sell
Focusing
Product
Valid
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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.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Anti Semitic
Bad People
People
Racist
Thinking
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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.
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Anti Semitic
Bad People
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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.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Choreography
Musical
Numbers
Shooting
Track
Work Out
Shoot
Tracks
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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.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Best Picture
Mood
Picture
Comedies
Nominated
Oscar
Romantic Comedies
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When the small independent film, which depends on its artistic appeal rather than wide commercial distribution by an MPAA member, is now denied access, the playing field becomes unfair and uneven.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Artistic
Fields
Independent
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I try to find stories that I would think that everyone would find interesting, and just a good entertaining story, and then if I can find a story that has a raison d'etre behind it that I feel is important then that's the best for me.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Important
Interesting
Thinking
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I still get a lot of material but I find that as one gets older you get more fussy. You know you're going spend a year or a year and a half on this and you know there are only so many films in you so you get a little bit more selective.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Fussy
Half
Littles
Selective
Years
Material
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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.
Norman Jewison / Film Director
Awards
Complaints
Won
Films
Line
Nominated
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