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.

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

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.

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

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.

The eradication of anti-personnel mines around the world is one of the most important tasks facing the international community.

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.