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.

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

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

But Madonna has a small amount of talent when it comes to movies.

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.

I don't make films to win prizes. I make films to make films.

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