69 Quotes by Norman Jewison

Do what you’re told, and everything will be all right.

I don’t make films to win prizes. I make films to make films.

We live in an age of publicity and hype. There’s something about success that dehumanizes you, whereas failure reminds you of who you really are.

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.

I try to find stories that I would think that everyone would find interesting, and just a good entertaining story, and then if I can find a story that has a raison d’etre behind it that I feel is important then that’s the best for me.

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.

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.

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.

Look, I’m just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda.