Norman Jewison Quotes

"I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it."
- Norman Jewison
(Related: Thought, Actor)

"I work with a lot of movie stars."
- Norman Jewison
(Related: Work, Stars)

"I'm going to do an adaptation of the Italian film, Bread and Tulips. I really like that film."
- Norman Jewison
(Related: Film)

"I'm in the mood for another Moonstruck experience, for another romantic comedy."
- Norman Jewison
(Related: Experience, Comedy, Romantic)

"I'm just a storyteller."
- Norman Jewison

"In America there's no rights for the artist, so whatever films I've made kind of belong to the studio."
- Norman Jewison
(Related: America, Artist, Rights)

"Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda."
- Norman Jewison
(Related: Film, Propaganda, Want)

"We also have a tendency to root for the fugitive. We're always on the side of the animal being chased."
- Norman Jewison
(Related: Being)

"Well, you know the old line - to be nominated is what it's all about. I think that I've done pretty well - I've had about 46, or 47 nominations from my movies, and my films have won about 12 awards in total, so I don't really have any complaints."
- Norman Jewison
(Related: Movies, Awards, Complaints, Old, Pretty)

"When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda. If I wanted to do that, I'd make documentaries."
- Norman Jewison
(Related: Film, Propaganda, Want)

"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."
- Norman Jewison
(Related: Work)

"With most British actors, it's amazing. I think they start with the character on the outside and work in."
- Norman Jewison
(Related: Work, Character, 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."
- Norman Jewison
(Related: Action, Selling, Violence, Want)

"I was really excited to have the opportunity to make Fiddler."
- Norman Jewison
(Related: Opportunity)

"Moonstruck... was one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar."
- Norman Jewison
(Related: Romantic)

"But Madonna has a small amount of talent when it comes to movies."
- Norman Jewison
(Related: Movies, Talent)

"I think you get better as you get older."
- Norman Jewison

"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."
- Norman Jewison
(Related: Actor)

"And even Moonstruck - for some reason the audience were just in the mood for a very romantic film, because it's one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar."
- Norman Jewison
(Related: Film, Reason, Romantic)

"And I think all Nazis didn't see themselves as bad people. I've never met a racist yet who thought he was a racist. Or an anti-Semite who thought they were anti-Semitic."
- Norman Jewison
(Related: Thought, People)

"Betrayal... is my favorite subject."
- Norman Jewison
(Related: Betrayal, Favorite)

"Do what you're told, and everything will be all right."
- Norman Jewison
(Related: Right, Will)

"Every generation deals with the breaking down of its tradition, and I think that they rediscovered the film."
- Norman Jewison
(Related: Deals, Film, Tradition)

"I still get a lot of material but I find that as one gets older you get more fussy. You know you're going spend a year or a year and a half on this and you know there are only so many films in you so you get a little bit more selective."
- Norman Jewison

"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."
- Norman Jewison
(Related: Work, Character, Actors, American, Day, Talk)

"I don't like to think that maybe I'm just getting old. I'm not too excited about watching a huge explosion. I'm more interested in people and characters."
- Norman Jewison
(Related: People, Old)

"I don't make films to win prizes. I make films to make films."
- Norman Jewison
(Related: Prizes)

"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."
- Norman Jewison
(Related: Movies, Awards, Complaints, Pretty)

"I mean they're making remakes of my films and I'm not even dead yet! Why would you want to make a remake?"
- Norman Jewison
(Related: Want)

"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."
- Norman Jewison
(Related: God, Family, People, Man, Tradition)

"As you know, in America there's no rights for the artist, so whatever films I've made kind of belong to the studio, so if they want to remake it they can."
- Norman Jewison
(Related: America, Artist, Rights, Want)

"I think all Nazis didn't see themselves as bad people. I've never met a racist yet who thought he was a racist. Or an anti-Semite who thought they were anti-Semitic."
- Norman Jewison
(Related: Thought, People)