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.

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.

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

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.

But I've never met a racist yet who thinks he's a racist. That's always the disturbing thing about when we begin to look at ourselves.

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.

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