I mean they're making remakes of my films and I'm not even dead yet! Why would you want to make a remake?

I think you get better as you get older.

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.

I mean they're making remakes of my films and I'm not even dead yet! Why would you want to make a remake?

I was really excited to have the opportunity to make Fiddler.

We're always on the side of the animal that's being chased. We always seem to be on the side of the rabbit or the fox and not on the side of the hounds.

Obviously, In The Heat Of The Night was a landmark movie because the timing was perfect. It was in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement.