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.

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.

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

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.

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