Before statehood was achieved, Syria and Egypt had their tanks and military equipment lined up to invade Tel Aviv and destroy it; but the Israelis scrambled together an air force, some of it from old Second World War Messerschmidts, and the invasion was halted.

My father had many, many veterans over to the house, and the older I got the more I appreciated their sacrifice.

Naturally, it is a terrible, despicable crime when, as in Munich, people are taken hostage, people are killed. But probing the motives of those responsible and showing that they are also individuals with families and have their own story does not excuse what they did.

I would lose myself too much if I thought of myself as the audience.

I missed my dad a lot growing up, even though we were together as a family. My dad was really a workaholic. And he was always working.

I just think that the qualities of leadership are unknown even to the leader until he's tested and given a challenge.

When I don't have a movie, I don't take a job just for the sake of working. I just sit it out until I find something I'm passionate about.