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.

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.

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.

I'm going to do an adaptation of the Italian film, Bread and Tulips. I really like that film.

I mean they're making remakes of my films and I'm not even dead yet! Why would you want to make a remake?

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 was really excited to have the opportunity to make Fiddler.