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.

Like, I took no poetic license with 'Schindler's List' because that was historical, factual documents.

When I felt like an outsider, movies made me feel inside my own skill set.

Every time I go to a movie, it's magic, no matter what the movie's about.

Everybody loves a winner, but nobody loves a winner.

Audience members are only concerned about the story, the concept, the bells and whistles and the noise that a popular film starts to make even before it's popular. So audiences will not be drawn to the technology; they'll be drawn to the story. And I hope it always remains that way.

Money to me is not a factor in my life.