The eradication of anti-personnel mines around the world is one of the most important tasks facing the international community.

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

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.

Moonstruck... was one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.

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.

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.

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.