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.

We also have a tendency to root for the fugitive. We're always on the side of the animal being chased.

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.

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

The album for Fiddler really took off. I think it was a combination of John Williams and the score. It was a very classy big album.

Michael Caine is a movie star, but he's also a great actor. I can't say that about every movie star. It's the concentration he has.

When the small independent film, which depends on its artistic appeal rather than wide commercial distribution by an MPAA member, is now denied access, the playing field becomes unfair and uneven.