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.

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.

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.

In America there's no rights for the artist, so whatever films I've made kind of belong to the studio.

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.

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.