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.

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

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.

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.

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.

It's an entire industry focusing on young male viewers that want action and violence. They sell us something that isn't valid. They're selling films like a product.

Every generation deals with the breaking down of its tradition, and I think that they rediscovered the film.