I don't like to think that maybe I'm just getting old. I'm not too excited about watching a huge explosion. I'm more interested in people and characters.

When you deal with a film that takes place in Europe, and you're going to work in English, you'd better work with European actors.

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.

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

I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it.

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 all Nazis didn't see themselves as bad people. I've never met a racist yet who thought he was a racist. Or an anti-Semite who thought they were anti-Semitic.